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Re: "Vibration" in No. 18

James Kellett — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 03:16:31 GMT

On Jan 5, 2010, at 10:02 PM, wrote: whatever happened with this?. Nothing, AFAIK, with regard to the note to the OpenCirrus

Re: "Vibration" in No. 18

hatfiedv@... — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 03:02:24 GMT

whatever happened with this? dan h. ... From: James C. Kellett To: Open_Cirrus@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, November 23, 2008 12:58 PM Subject: [Open_Cirrus]

Re: One piece Canopy?

gliderguider59 — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 05:45:56 GMT

The canopy was fabricated by Dean Aldinger, who restored N11NC. The acrylic part of the canopy was made by Ray Poquette at ThermoTec who says he still has the

Re: We Need a New Cirrus Website Manager

daniel hatfield — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 22:48:44 GMT

i am interested - tell me more about the duties dan hatfield n8186 ... From: James Kellett To: Open_Cirrus@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, September 23, 2009

We Need a New Cirrus Website Manager

James Kellett — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 22:09:12 GMT

I established the site thirteen years ago, with support from the Vintage Sailplane Association (who paid for the domain name, classicsailplane.org ) and the

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gerry martin — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 15:46:50 GMT

What a great conversion, We don"t have a similar fit in UK, and i don"t know of one in Europe. A lot of skill into that. Cheers Gerry. What a great

Re: One piece Canopy?

James Kellett — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 12:42:41 GMT

On Aug 27, 2009, at 10:34 PM, daniel hatfield wrote: it is hinged on the right side and i think it was modeled after a nimbus canopy. the work was done during

Re: One piece Canopy?

daniel hatfield — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 02:34:43 GMT

it is hinged on the right side and i think it was modeled after a nimbus canopy. the work was done during the restoration but i don't know his name. ... From:

Re: One piece Canopy?

tgtyson — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 02:21:25 GMT

Thanks for the quick reply. Is it front or side hinged, and who did the conversion? Considering how big the Cirrus canopy is, that was a real piece of

Re: One piece Canopy?

daniel hatfield — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 01:57:38 GMT

yes it is modified for a one piece. i have seen and the workmanship is very good. but it was not a simple change. ... From: tgtyson To:

One piece Canopy?

tgtyson — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 00:59:14 GMT

I was just looking at the ad for N11NC - "OC" on the Wings and Wheels web site ( http://www.wingsandwheels.com/wantads1.htm ) and the photo looks like it has

Re: Supplemental Canopy Latches

Mike Malis — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 02:08:20 GMT

Yes, except I saw no evidence of forward tabs, and added them similar to the rear, which was a slight improvement. When I replaced the fwd canopy, I got a

Re: Supplemental Canopy Latches

daniel hatfield — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 07:23:13 GMT

did your canopy have the 5 tabs (in the corners and at the upper center of the front bow) and did it have the keyed bottom and front frame to tie the bottom

Supplemental Canopy Latches

lmt_aerodyne — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 19:19:45 GMT

All; For years, I have had problems with the canopy gapping in Flight. Added guide tabs helped a little, but did not solve the problem when high and cold.

Re: Starting

fullaviator_vtc — Tue, 12 May 2009 19:24:24 GMT

Hi Dan, It was made in Yugoslavia, factory Jestreb. The drag chute have not installed yet because the previous owner has been removed it and he has not found