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john(at)fureychrysler.com
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Posted: Fri Sep 01, 2006 5:16 am Post subject: Tip Up Release

Recently there was  some discussion about the merits or lack of relating to the release handle on  the tip up. As I recall some felt that the release was mainly for  maintenance and not putting the handle through the panel. Could anyone point me  in the right direction.

  

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 John  Furey

 2  RV6A

 RV7 in  process

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Mark Phillips in TN

Joined: 10 Jan 2006
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Location: Columbia, TN

Posted: Fri Sep 01, 2006 7:51 am Post subject: Tip Up Release

In a message dated 09/01/2006 8:18:08 AM Central Daylight Time, john(at)fureychrysler.com writes:

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		  Recently there was some discussion about the merits or lack of relating to the release handle on the tip up. As I recall some felt that the release was mainly for maintenance and not putting the handle through the panel. Could anyone point me in the right direction. 	


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 Hi John- no right direction here, just preferences.  This topic has been beat to a bloody pulp on the list in the past- check archives for: "tip & up & canopy & release" and you'll need several cups of coffee before you're done.  General consensus is that no one has ever jumped out of a tip-up RV, and even if you wanted to, it would be darn near impossible- oh yeah, then there's that parachute thing.  

  

 My own take is that it is useful mostly for canopy removal for painting/maintenance, but I did set mine up so it could at least be released in flight by reaching under the panel, pulling a pin, and rotating a handle.  Quite a number of other builders have taken this approach, or some version (perversion?) of it.  See:

  

 http://websites.expercraft.com/n51pw/index.php?q=log_entry&log_id=4969

  

 Inadvertant release would be pretty difficult.  Also note that I used .063 angle for the links to the pins from the bellcrank instead of those wimpy little chromoly tubes as I was concerned about how thin the tube wall is and that it "might" cut into the bolts after 50 years or so.  The angles on the bottom plastic block with the holes through them were for a rudder trim system that I decided not to use- you can see it in the previous entry if interested...

  

 From The PossumWorks in TN

 Mark Phillips RV-6A "Mojo" 350 hrs of grin time...

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