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I took some pictures to post and in doing so I can see the latch is not rotating over center in an adequate manner. I'm off work today so I'm planning to adjust it to rotate over center more. Hopefully, that will solve this issue.
Danny
LNC2-360 Mk-II
AOPA 04856278
EAA 647062
NRA 156453324
Nothing is foolproof to the sufficiently talented fool.
On 06/23/2014 17:26, Bill Bradburry wrote:
Danny,
Can you provide pictures of your particular installation?
Bill
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From: Lancair Mailing List [mailto:lml@lancaironline.net] On Behalf Of Danny
Sent: Monday, June 23, 2014 6:25 AM
To: Lancair Mailing List
Subject: [LML] Canopy latch again but different - LNC2/LEG2
I have the Legacy type latch in my LNC2. On two occasions I have failed
to latch the canopy prior to takeoff: the first time I had enough runway
to abort the takeoff; the second time I did not. As taught to me early
in my flight training, first and foremost, if something goes wrong, fly
the plane! That's what I've done and I'm here to talk about it. On the
second occasion I just flew the plane and returned to base. I no longer
fail to latch the canopy but my situation now is different. I'm now
experiencing the latch failing to hold in flight. On several recent
occasions my latch as unexpectedly released the canopy hold down
position in flight. I adjusted the mechanism to make sure it's
capturing the canopy correctly but it still pops open and I can't see
why. Is the over-center spring getting weak or is there something else
going on? Have any of you experienced this? I now need a secondary
latch to keep the primary latch from releasing the hold. Right now I'm
pretty much grounded until I find a solution that goes beyond bubble gum
and bailing wire or duct tape. From what I've read here I know there
are some folks working on this with Lancair but so far there's nothing
solid on it that I've seen. Any suggestions, comments, or helpful hints
would be appreciated.
Danny
LNC2-360 Mk-II
AOPA 04856278
EAA 647062
NRA 156453324
Nothing is foolproof to the sufficiently talented fool.
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