Over the course of a couple days I worked on a simple design for a pair of canopy handles. The standard plans don't call for these, but having seen how well they work on my mates RV-7A I figured I'm going to add them as well. They make it far easier to open the canopy from the outside.
Pictures below show what I built.
I had several attempts before the final design as shown in the pics. The first set had oversized rivet holes (my bad), then when installing the second set I realised I'd laid them out over the join in the skirt pieces, so they wouldn't sit flat. What you see below is Ver.3
Working out my design, and where the handles would be located
The finished product
These will make it far easier to open the canopy from the outside
