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Michael and Gayle's RV-7A
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Date:  11-12-2007
Number of Hours:  4.00
Manual Reference:  9-8
Brief Description:  Canopy latch fingers and safety latch

Finished drilling and bolting the latch fingers. Then, located and drilled the holes for the Safety latch. Applied some UHMW tape to the top and bottom of the latch that makes contact with the canopy frame. Found that the Safety latch would spin easily in the hole, and that is not desirable as it could inadvertantly swing slightly closed. You would not want this happening if you are outside of the aircraft with the canopy closed. So, I added a small strip of UHMW tape inside next to the rod of the handle, and it now has a much more positive feel to it and will not move by itself.
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Left side canopy latch in closed position

Left side canopy latch in closed position

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Right side view

Right side view

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The Safety latch in place

The Safety latch in place

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