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flyboy3847(at)onecommail.
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Posted: Tue May 26, 2009 5:42 am Post subject: Zenith601-List Digest: 1 Msgs - 05/19/09

I just completed my 601 HD and when it was time to attach the canopy to the

frame I called the manufacturer to see what they thought was the best way.

They were firm in their belief that you should use an AN3 bolt through the

canopy and all the way through the frame.  The canopy should be drilled to

accept a 3/16" grommet and a nylock nut on the other end.  That way the

force can be controlled and the canopy will stay on and not crack.



Leroy Wheeler



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jaybannist(at)cs.com
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Posted: Tue May 26, 2009 7:08 am Post subject: Zenith601-List Digest: 1 Msgs - 05/19/09

Leroy,

 

 What manufacturer did you call ?  

 

 Zenith provides # 6 screws (NAS548P6-10), which are to be installed in holes drilled with a #40 drill bit .  That hole is roughly half the size of a hole for an AN3 bolt.  The hole for the # 6 screw is only through one side of the tube frame.  Drilling a 3/16" hole through both sides of the tube takes away 4 times as much material as for a # 6 screw.  A # 40 hole reduces the cross sectional area of the tube by 4.37%.  Two 3/16" holes reduce it by x 17.25%.  It seems to me that is a significant reduction in strength of the tube frame. That is why I am asking.

 

 Jay Bannister

 

   

 

 

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I just completed my 601 HD and when it was time to attach the canopy to the

frame I called the manufacturer to see what they thought was the best way.

They were firm in their belief that you should use an AN3 bolt through the

canopy and all the way through the frame.  The canopy should be drilled to

accept a 3/16" grommet and a nylock nut on the other end.  That way the

force can be controlled and the canopy will stay on and not crack.



Leroy Wheeler



	
 

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flyboy3847(at)onecommail.
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Posted: Tue May 26, 2009 7:55 am Post subject: Zenith601-List Digest: 1 Msgs - 05/19/09

I think it was Aero Plastics.  We bought it direct from Zenith.  It was whomever they use.  

   

Leroy  

         

  

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Leroy,

 

 What manufacturer did you call ?  

 

 Zenith provides # 6 screws (NAS548P6-10), which are to be installed in holes drilled with a #40 drill bit .  That hole is roughly half the size of a hole for an AN3 bolt.  The hole for the # 6 screw is only through one side of the tube frame.  Drilling a 3/16" hole through both sides of the tube takes away 4 times as much material as for a # 6 screw.  A # 40 hole reduces the cross sectional area of the tube by 4.37%.  Two 3/16" holes reduce it by x 17.25%.  It seems to me that is a significant reduction in strength of the tube frame. That is why I am asking.

 

 Jay Bannister  

    

   

  

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 I just completed my 601 HD and when it was time to attach the canopy to the

 

 frame I called the manufacturer to see what they thought was the best way.

 

 They were firm in their belief that you should use an AN3 bolt through the

 

 canopy and all the way through the frame.  The canopy should be drilled to

 

 accept a 3/16" grommet and a nylock nut on the other end.  That way the

 

 force can be controlled and the canopy will stay on and not crack.

 

 

 

 Leroy Wheeler

 

 

 

 	


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Gig Giacona

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Posted: Tue May 26, 2009 10:17 am Post subject: Re: Canopy Installation

I would strongly suggest you look at the Zenith construction manual.



Here's a link. http://www.zenithair.com/zodiac/xl/data/6-c-4.pdf



While Aero Plastics may know about the canopy they built they aren't experts on installing it as directed by Zenith.

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flyboy3847(at)onecommail.
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Posted: Wed May 27, 2009 6:14 am Post subject: Zenith601-List Digest: 1 Msgs - 05/19/09

I'll let you know how it works out.



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