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caspainhower(at)aep.com
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 Posted: Fri Mar 09, 2007 5:36 am Post subject: Zenith-List Digest: 45 Msgs - 03/08/07 |
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David,
I looked into using an RV canopy and building a slider but the taper
in front of and behind the seat brace makes it impractical. I installed the
modified canopy that Todd has on his website and picked up a couple inches
of headroom and shoulder room. It is almost a foot longer in the back and I
think it will improve the aerodynamics, it makes it look faster anyway. I
fabricated my own canopy mounting hardware but the footprint of the front
and sides are the same as stock so the ZAC hardware would work.
Craig Spainhower
N601XS, 601xl, 0-235 lyc, wiring in progress
Thanks for the suggestion Craig. I spoke with the folks at Todd's and they
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blow canopies - no drawn or molded canopies. The primary reason I am
considering
a different canopy than the original is to get the reduction in useless
height
in the center and more useful volume at the sides.
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| Posted: Fri Mar 09, 2007 6:25 am Post subject: Zenith-List Digest: 45 Msgs - 03/08/07 |
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Thank you for theresponse Craig.
I think the difference in the approach is exactly what I was referring to. The tapers and locations of those tapers caused me to abandon the idea of a slide right away. However, I like the Van's tip-up installation with the roll bar/ring bulkhead and the fixed light aft of it. the completely different planform tapers of the two planes may still make it impossible to adapt the RV canopy as a tip up. We will see.
Your canopy does look much nicer than the stocker!
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David,
I looked into using an RV canopy and building a slider but the taper
in front of and behind the seat brace makes it impractical. I installed the
modified canopy that Todd has on his website and picked up a couple inches
of headroom and shoulder room. It is almost a foot longer in the back and I
think it will improve the aerodynamics, it makes it look faster anyway. I
fabricated my own canopy mounting hardware but the footprint of the front
and sides are the same as stock so the ZAC hardware would work.
Craig Spainhower
N601XS, 601xl, 0-235 lyc, wiring in progress
Thanks for the suggestion Craig. I spoke with the folks at Todd's and they
only
blow canopies - no drawn or molded canopies. The primary reason I am
considering
a different canopy than the original is to get the reduction in useless
height
in the center and more useful volume at the sides.
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