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cfrhoads(at)YAHOO.COM
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Posted: Tue Nov 28, 2006 11:39 am Post subject: Open canopy

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 50/50  Fifty feet in the air and 50 feet of runway left, OK; however, not good when the canopy comes open.

  

 Thanksgiving day was beautiful and I had not been home for 2 weeks so I decided to go flying.  The temperature was the coldest that I had flown my plane, 40's in the hanger.  The door/canopy did not close quite normal which I attribute to the temp change.  After two touch & goes all looked great until the door came open.  First I thought that I was a "has been", but I noticed that the plane was still controllable and that the canopy was still intact.  After reminding myself several times FLY THE PLANE, I was able to use my left hand to hold the canopy shut.  About that time I remembered that there was a 20-30 story Holiday Inn just ahead of me now that I was off course, so stress got to be a little high.  Downwind went fairly normally; however, the landing became interesting because I had never used my right hand on the controls and thus there  was no easy to control throttle, trim, etc.  The landing actually turned out to be pretty good, that may be relative because I have had many that were not pretty.

  

 On another note, my Geo Metro engine is working great and the engine computer greatly simplifies the engine management.  In cases like that above simplicity can contribute to safety.

  

 Chuck Rhoads  A100

 N246CR  Trike

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jeff(at)rmmm.net
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Posted: Tue Nov 28, 2006 12:22 pm Post subject: Open canopy

Congratulations on getting her home Chuck! You are to be commended for  

handling the situation as you did. What made the door open? Keep us  

informed of the situation.

Thanks,

Jeff

N128LJ Gold Rush

On Nov 28, 2006, at 1:38 PM, CHUCK RHOADS wrote:



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 50/50  Fifty feet in the air and 50 feet of runway left, OK; however,  

 not good when the canopy comes open.

  

 Thanksgiving day was beautiful and I had not been home for 2 weeks so  

 I decided to go flying.  The temperature was the coldest that I had  

 flown my plane, 40's in the hanger.  The door/canopy did not close  

 quite normal which I attribute to the temp change.  After two touch &  

 goes all looked great until the door came open.  First I thought that  

 I was a "has been", but I noticed that the plane was still  

 controllable and that the canopy was still intact.  After reminding  

 myself several times FLY THE PLANE, I was able to use my left hand  

 to hold the canopy shut.  About that time I remembered that there was  

 a 20-30 story Holiday Inn just ahead of me now that I was off course,  

 so stress got to be a little high.  Downwind went fairly normally;  

 however, the landing became interesting because I had never used my  

 right hand on the controls and thus there  was no easy to control  

 throttle, trim, etc.  The landing actually turned out to be pretty  

 good, that may be relative because I have had many that were not  

 pretty.

  

 On another note, my Geo Metro engine is working great and the engine  

 computer greatly simplifies the engine management.  In cases like that  

 above simplicity can contribute to safety.

  

 Chuck Rhoads  A100

 N246CR  Trike

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Dave Miller

Joined: 10 Jan 2006
Posts: 51

Posted: Tue Nov 28, 2006 1:09 pm Post subject: Open canopy

Chuck, 

 

Thanks given that you and the plane are OK. 

It's possible for the rear shoot bolt to miss the guide, giving the doors a push when latched will show if anything is amiss. 

 

How about updating the list on the engine capacity, fuel burn and cruise perfomance of the Geo engine ? 

 

Dave C-FBZI. 

 

Only 35 hours, but finally all the paperwork OK'd by transport Canada, so I can go places next year. 

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wdaniell(at)etb.net.co
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Posted: Fri Dec 01, 2006 2:19 pm Post subject: Open canopy

Add my thanks too – there but for the grace of god go we all.  

   

Likewise interested knowing more about the GEO option  

   

Will  

         

  

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 Chuck, 

 

 Thanks given that you and the plane are OK. 

 It's possible for the rear shoot bolt to miss the guide, giving the doors a push when latched will show if anything is amiss. 

 

 How about updating the list on the engine capacity, fuel burn and cruise perfomance of the Geo engine ? 

 

 Dave C-FBZI. 

 

 Only 35 hours, but finally all the paperwork OK'd by transport Canada, so I can go places next year. 

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ward.t(at)xtra.co.nz
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Posted: Fri Dec 01, 2006 3:58 pm Post subject: Open canopy

Interesting discussion on the risk of the canopy  opening.

 One thing I do when I have a young passenger on  board is put a  rubberband around the door lever and the protective  combing.

 Reason is just in case we hit some  turbulence and the instinctive reaction of a young person generally is to  grab something to hold.

 The rubberband prevents it from moving up and  can be broken in an emergency.

 The other thing I have done is to place some  stainless steel protectors on the door combing where the bolts enter to not only  protect the composite from doors closing with the bolts still protruding  but also to assist with a better secure bolts lock when closed. These are  screwed into place with stainless steel self taping screws.

  

 Cheers,

 Tim

  

 Monowheel Classic #292  103 hours  ZK-TIM

  

 Tim Ward

12 Waiwetu Street,

Fendalton,

Christchurch, 8052

New  Zealand

  

 Ph +64 3 3515166

Mobile 021 0640221

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