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larry(at)macsmachine.com
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 Posted: Tue Mar 14, 2006 4:57 pm Post subject: Left canopy latch was not |
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Hi guys,
Last Saturday afternoon I was giving a friend a "first flight"
in my 601HDS and just before takeoff, I lowered the canopy
and heard the latches click. I lifted the right side because
it had once before not been secure. On that occasion I closed
and latched it easily using my right hand and the flight continued.
On this occasion, the left latch had come down just outside the
latch-bar and I failed to check it just before takeoff.
Well, about 300 feet up, the left side had an inch of gap at my elbow
and it couldn't be forced down well enough to secure it, so I called
tower and requested an immediate turn-about. I told my passenger
that it might be awkward to hold the canopy with my left hand and fly
stick and throttle with my right but we'd fly the plane, fly the plane, etc.
It was a little jerky switching between throttle and stick, but we landed
and I revisited the process and allowed my passenger to calm down
and then we took off for a good hour of flight without further problems.
Beautiful day.
No damage was done, but I'm going to revisit the latch and see if
better security is possible for the forward hinged canopy latch system.
Anyone done that already?
Larry McFarland - 601HDS at www.macsmachine.com
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mtherr(at)yahoo.com
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| Posted: Tue Mar 14, 2006 5:48 pm Post subject: Left canopy latch was not |
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Keep us posted on what you do Larry. (on Zenith list)
This happened to me a couple of times. Once, I left
it like that, did one circuit and landed. Another
time, I trimmed the plane, used both hands and was
able to close the canopy in flight.
Michel
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--- LarryMcFarland <larry(at)macsmachine.com> wrote:
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<larry(at)macsmachine.com>
Hi guys,
Last Saturday afternoon I was giving a friend a
"first flight"
in my 601HDS and just before takeoff, I lowered the
canopy
and heard the latches click. I lifted the right
side because
it had once before not been secure. On that
occasion I closed
and latched it easily using my right hand and the
flight continued.
On this occasion, the left latch had come down just
outside the
latch-bar and I failed to check it just before
takeoff.
Well, about 300 feet up, the left side had an inch
of gap at my elbow
and it couldn't be forced down well enough to secure
it, so I called
tower and requested an immediate turn-about. I told
my passenger
that it might be awkward to hold the canopy with my
left hand and fly
stick and throttle with my right but we'd fly the
plane, fly the plane, etc.
It was a little jerky switching between throttle and
stick, but we landed
and I revisited the process and allowed my passenger
to calm down
and then we took off for a good hour of flight
without further problems.
Beautiful day.
No damage was done, but I'm going to revisit the
latch and see if
better security is possible for the forward hinged
canopy latch system.
Anyone done that already?
Larry McFarland - 601HDS at www.macsmachine.com
browse
Subscriptions page,
FAQ,
http://www.matronics.com/Navigator?Stratus-List
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http://mthobby.pcperfect.com/ch601
http://www.zenithair.com/bldrlist/profiles/mthobby
http://pages.infinit.net/mthobby
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bryanmmartin
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| Posted: Tue Mar 14, 2006 6:32 pm Post subject: Left canopy latch was not |
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On my 601XL, I have had one side come loose in flight because I didn't check
it latched well enough. All I had to do is pull the throttle to idle and I
was able to pull it back down and latch it.
I think I read a post here once where someone released the latch on an XL in
flight to see what would happen. As I recall, the poster stated that the
canopy only opened a few inches and stayed there. He was able to land
normally. The post might still be in the archives.
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Bryan Martin
N61BM, CH 601 XL, Stratus Subaru.
on 3/14/06 7:56 PM, LarryMcFarland at larry(at)macsmachine.com wrote:
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Hi guys,
Last Saturday afternoon I was giving a friend a "first flight"
in my 601HDS and just before takeoff, I lowered the canopy
and heard the latches click. I lifted the right side because ...
No damage was done, but I'm going to revisit the latch and see if
better security is possible for the forward hinged canopy latch system.
Anyone done that already?
Larry McFarland - 601HDS at www.macsmachine.com
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N61BM, CH 601 XL, Stratus Subaru.
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