Morning all,
Its been a busy week at work and not a lots been done, I did manage to get some building done though and I fitted the Actuator for the Sliding Canopy as you can see in the pictures above, but a great deal of my time has been spent scratching my head....
Why....?Iv read and seen a great deal about how the sliding canopy rails should be fitted and how its critical that the Rails sit parallel to each other when is it is being driven by a single unit as mine is, the reasoning is obvious. (Square peg round hole
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So...!If the rear of my Canopy/Fuselage, Rail is 155mm, and the front of my Canopy/Fuselage, Rail is 165mm and the drive Arm/Bar on Actuator is 175mm
Then how on earth can/do I set the Rails parallel when using Stiff Carbon Rod as many recommend....?
Or....
Do I use a slightly more practical approach, Set the rail in line with the Fuselage Sides so that it looks right and use a slightly more flexible material (Quote, Not Floppy) this however will/does work quite well.
To my mind as long as the canopy is held tight shut in flight what would be the problem...?
Its smooth, it seems reliable does any body see where the problem would lie...?
So what would I use.....?Standard I/H Beam but laminated/adhered to a T Bar. The two sit well together as there is very little friction from the base of the T Bar and the fact that it is such a snug fit there is no slop in the whole train system. My greater concern is how to connect the T Beam to the Actuator Arm/Bar as they come together at a funny angle..
Anyway those are my wows for the week, Again if you have any suggestions or you have done this before I would love to hear from you,
Dean
