HI guys I built my hinges and canopy in the last month the main problem is getting the canopy frame to lift away from the front deck to over come this we built a sweeping hinge so as the canopy opens it lifts away it is not to hard to do u just have to ensure the hinge lifts more than the length when the canopy it is in the closed position I have photo's of them but depending on how your front deck is constructed will depend on the sweep of the hinge u will need I have an alliminium headertank and a removeable front deck the canopy is mounted to the deck which has a beam across cheers Ross Evans [email protected]
>From: "Mark Langford" <[email protected]> >Reply-To: KRnet <[email protected]> >To: "KRNet" <[email protected]> >Subject: KR>canopy hinges >Date: Tue, 6 Jan 2004 20:02:19 -0600 > >NetHeads, > >Several folks have asked about canopy hinges recently. If I were to do it >again, I'd build them very similar to the way John Martindale did it, which >is to build up canopy rails on top of the longerons that stradle the >instrument panel and hinge at the outer edges of the canopy. This leads to >a very strong and stable hinge setup. See >http://home.hiwaay.net/~langford/jmartindale/ for a few photos that will >give you the idea... > >Mark Langford, Huntsville, AL >N56ML "at" hiwaay.net >see KR2S project at http://home.hiwaay.net/~langford > > > > >_______________________________________________ >see KRnet list details at http://www.krnet.org/instructions.html _________________________________________________________________ E-mail just got a whole lot better. New ninemsn Premium. Click here http://ninemsn.com.au/premium/landing.asp
