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What to do if the canopy opens during flight ?
"Dallas" wrote Here's a photo of my finger after doing that in a 172 when the window came down in the slipstream: chuckle Sorry to see that happened to you. Sorry for laughing, too, but you are as bad as me! It takes a special person to take time to take a close-up of a "good injury." Is that two or three stitches worth? Surprising that a window can do that. I have a picture of an air nail gun powered roofing nail going in and back out the other side of my thumb. It's one of my favorites! -- Jim in NC |
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What to do if the canopy opens during flight ?
On Fri, 15 Aug 2008 16:21:47 -0700 (PDT), buttman wrote:
First you open the window, then you grab the door by the window frame, push out hard against the relative wind, then slam it close. Here's a photo of my finger after doing that in a 172 when the window came down in the slipstream: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...sDallas030.jpg -- Dallas |
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"Dallas" wrote Ouch! But it could have been worse: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...fetyatwork.jpg Yeowser! That one is hard to imagine. It must have involved using the gun over your head, firing it towards the face, and the safety was pressed by the edge of the wood, but the nail was not over the wood. How do I come to that conclusion? I did the same to my hand, one time. Those are the only two times in all the hours of using nail guns that have gotten me "nailed." I'm a carpenter by trade, by the by. The nail in the thumb was really strange. The hose was fouled, so a gave it a big whip to shake it loose, and as I did, the safety contacted my opposite hand, but the trigger must have gotten bumped in the process of whipping the hose. Kinda' stupid, but most accidents are. :-( .. Anyway, did you manage to get the door shut when you cut your finger? I suppose you turned around and went for medical attention. -- Jim in NC |
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What to do if the canopy opens during flight ?
"Superdoof" wrote Imagine if Svetlana Kapanina, or Patty Wagstaff had their canopies open. There'd be hair everywhere. Patty has short hair, now. I liked her much better as a curly headed brunette. I have the opposite fear of the canopies that the windshield and canopy overhead are all one piece, and the hinges are at the leading edge of the canopy. What would you do if you wanted to get out of the crashing airplane, and had a parachute, of course? I understand that some have an emergency hinge release. That would be better than noting, but then you get to wear the canopy in your face, I would think. I surely would be very uncomfortable flying a plane without a hinge release, especially while testing, or flying acro. -- Jim in NC |
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What to do if the canopy opens during flight ?
On Sat, 16 Aug 2008 21:35:10 -0400, Morgans wrote:
Surprising that a window can do that. It's ok to laugh... it was funny about twenty minutes after it happened. Right after it happened, the first thing I did was to look to see if my finger was still there. It was a miracle it didn't break the bone. I have a nice scar that should be there for the rest of my life... It's a great conversation starter at cocktail parties. -- Dallas |
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What to do if the canopy opens during flight ?
On 17 Aug 2008 00:52:50 GMT, Clark wrote:
Ya didn't leave bloodstains on the aircraft, did you? Ha... I was actually flying with ManhattanMan from this group. If he hadn't come up with the handkerchief we would have had to land to stop the bleeding. -- Dallas |
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What to do if the canopy opens during flight ?
On Sat, 16 Aug 2008 21:35:10 -0400, Morgans wrote:
I have a picture of an air nail gun powered roofing nail going in and back out the other side of my thumb. Ouch! But it could have been worse: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...fetyatwork.jpg -- Dallas |
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What to do if the canopy opens during flight ?
"Morgans" wrote in message
... "Superdoof" wrote Imagine if Svetlana Kapanina, or Patty Wagstaff had their canopies open. There'd be hair everywhere. Patty has short hair, now. I liked her much better as a curly headed brunette. I have the opposite fear of the canopies that the windshield and canopy overhead are all one piece, and the hinges are at the leading edge of the canopy. What would you do if you wanted to get out of the crashing airplane, and had a parachute, of course? I understand that some have an emergency hinge release. That would be better than noting, but then you get to wear the canopy in your face, I would think. I surely would be very uncomfortable flying a plane without a hinge release, especially while testing, or flying acro. -- Jim in NC I have exactly the same concern about those tilt forward canopies; and don't know how, or if, it is adiquately adressed. It just seems like a high price to make egress easier on the ramp. Peter |
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What to do if the canopy opens during flight ?
"Peter Dohm" wrote in message . .. I have exactly the same concern about those tilt forward canopies; and don't know how, or if, it is adiquately adressed. It just seems like a high price to make egress easier on the ramp. In my experience, a conopy does nothing to make egress easier on the ramp. In fact, I recently stopped renting a factory made Zenith partially because it is difficult for a solo pilot to close and properly latch the ill-fitting canopy. I will take a real door any day. What a canopy really does is simplify airframe design, particularly for a mid-wing design; but it does so at the expense of adding a whole new set of problems. Vaughn |
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What to do if the canopy opens during flight ?
On Aug 17, 10:22 am, "Vaughn Simon"
wrote: "Peter Dohm" wrote in message . .. I have exactly the same concern about those tilt forward canopies; and don't know how, or if, it is adiquately adressed. It just seems like a high price to make egress easier on the ramp. In my experience, a conopy does nothing to make egress easier on the ramp. In fact, I recently stopped renting a factory made Zenith partially because it is difficult for a solo pilot to close and properly latch the ill-fitting canopy. I will take a real door any day. What a canopy really does is simplify airframe design, particularly for a mid-wing design; but it does so at the expense of adding a whole new set of problems. Vaughn Not that anecdotal evidence means anything, but my flying lessons have been stopped for over a week due to some latch problem with the Evektor Sportstar's canopy. VERY frustrating.... |
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