Glasflugel 303 canopy

[Wayne Paul]

I sure would like see some detailed pictures of the Glasflugel 303 canopy mechanism.
http://www.ssa.org/sport/PhotoGalleryDetail.asp?PhotoId=290

If you have any pictures or drawing, please email them to me .

Thank you,

Wayne
http://tinyurl.com/N990-6F

[Martin Gregorie[_5_]]

On Fri, 11 Dec 2009 22:43:35 -0700, Wayne Paul wrote:

> I sure would like see some detailed pictures of the Glasflugel 303
> canopy mechanism.
> http://www.ssa.org/sport/PhotoGalleryDetail.asp?PhotoId=290
>
> If you have any pictures or drawing, please email them to me .
>
I've sat in one that I was thinking of buying and didn't think a lot of
the canopy mechanism.

Its a four strut system. The front pair of struts pivot up and forward as
you open the canopy while IIRC the rear two struts are telescopic. There
was a sprung pin under the rear frame. In that example, anyway, the
canopy couldn't be locked without a helper pushing down on the rear
frame. Apart from the effect of the sprung pin the canopy lifted and
closed OK, but when open it was lower and further back than an ASW-19/20/
Pegase canopy would be. As a result I thought it was a bit of an
obstruction for getting in or out.


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[Surfer!]

In message >, Martin Gregorie
> writes
>On Fri, 11 Dec 2009 22:43:35 -0700, Wayne Paul wrote:
>
>> I sure would like see some detailed pictures of the Glasflugel 303
>> canopy mechanism.
>> http://www.ssa.org/sport/PhotoGalleryDetail.asp?PhotoId=290
>>
>> If you have any pictures or drawing, please email them to me .
>>
>I've sat in one that I was thinking of buying and didn't think a lot of
>the canopy mechanism.
>
>Its a four strut system. The front pair of struts pivot up and forward as
>you open the canopy while IIRC the rear two struts are telescopic. There
>was a sprung pin under the rear frame. In that example, anyway, the
>canopy couldn't be locked without a helper pushing down on the rear
>frame. Apart from the effect of the sprung pin the canopy lifted and
>closed OK, but when open it was lower and further back than an ASW-19/20/
>Pegase canopy would be. As a result I thought it was a bit of an
>obstruction for getting in or out.
>
>
But think how nice it is to have one's feet in the sun when flying in
wave!

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Surfer!

[Martin Gregorie[_5_]]

On Sat, 12 Dec 2009 17:27:49 +0000, Surfer! wrote:

> But think how nice it is to have one's feet in the sun when flying in
> wave!

But they're not! The 303's cockpit is totally different from the typical
DG arrangement. Instead, its cockpit arrangement is similar to an ASW-20
or a Kestrel. The Mossie's nose isn't much shorter in front of the canopy
than those two and, like them, your lower legs and feet are under a full-
width panel and cowling.

In the photo with the canopy open:
http://www.ssa.org/sport/PhotoGalleryDetail.asp?PhotoId=290

the nose only looks short because the front of the canopy swings up and
right forward over it. You can see how long the cowling is inside the
canopy and where the panel is if you look closely at the photo. The
cockpit is shown quite well in the Sailplane Directory photo too:
http://www.sailplanedirectory.com/PlaneDetails.cfm?PlaneID=231


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[Steve Leonard[_2_]]

On Dec 12, 12:10*pm, Martin Gregorie >
wrote:
>
> But they're not! The 303's cockpit is totally different from the typical
> DG arrangement. Instead, its cockpit arrangement is similar to an ASW-20
> or a Kestrel.
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> martin@ * | Martin Gregorie
> gregorie. | Essex, UK
> org * * * |

Only on the Slingby Kestrels, Martin! The Glasflugel ones don't have
that cover over your feet. They only have the instrument pedestal and
your feet are out in the sun. Free to reflect your shoes and socks
off the forward canopy like a DG or BS1.

As for the hinge, let me look back through some of my Dad's slides,
Wayne. He took pictures of the one piece canopy Carbon Hornet which
has the same hinge. I will try to get you those pictures, along with
the promised HP-15 and HP-17 pictures. And ask my brother Ron to get
shots of the hinge on his HP-18. It is somewhat patterned after the
Mosquito, but instead of sliding forward to engage a tongue and groove
at the front, it drops straight down and has a latch that engages the
cross piece of the forward hinge point.

Steve Leonard