Jeff, Thanks. This clears a lot of things up. The photos on your link below says a lot. One question I have and may have misinterpreted your sentence where you say you installed the canopy from the inside. I presume the 1/4 holes are to allow flox to flow through for gripping strength. So how did you hold the canopy up in place while the flox cured?
Mark Jones (N771MJ) Oldsmar, FL [email protected] www.flykr2s.com On Sun, Jun 16, 2019 at 6:21 PM Jeff Scott via KRnet <[email protected]> wrote: > Mark, > > I put a DragonFly canopy in the Rand KR-2S Top Deck molded canopy frame. > It has glass over foam stiffeners along the sides and a glass over foam > arch built into the back of the canopy frame to keep the frame rigid. The > gas struts are bolted to aluminum plates that are floxed into the > glass/foam stiffeners along the inside edge below the canopy. > > I cut the canopy down to fit the frame, then slipped it into place from > the inside. I used a pointed die grinder bit to bore 1/4" holes around the > perimeter of the canopy, then floxed popped it back into place in a bed of > thin flox, then floxed and smoothed inside as well. Some pictures of the > canopy rails and arch are on my web site at < > http://jeffsplanes.com/KR/first%20flight/N1213W%20First%20Flight.html>. > > I would recommend final build up of the rail stiffeners after the canopy > is in place as I had to cut the top off from one of the rails to get the > canopy into place from the inside. If you look at the photos, you'll also > note a glass/foam stiffener across the front of the canopy frame as well. > the front and back stiffeners, as well as the stiffeners along the canopy > rails on top of the longerons make the canopy frame rigid. It has held > it's shape perfectly for 23 years now. > > The Dragonfly canopy itself is way oversized for the KR, but is flexible > enough that you can push it well forward to give yourself lots of headroom, > or well back to make a very low raked canopy like I did with mine. You can > fit it to meet your needs. I'm not sure where you find a D'fly canopy now > days, or what folks have been using on the newer KRs, but there should be > some flexibility to make it fit the frame. > > -Jeff Scott > North Arkansas > > > > > Sent: Sunday, June 16, 2019 at 3:54 PM > > From: "mark jones via KRnet" <[email protected]> > > To: KRnet <[email protected]> > > Cc: "mark jones" <[email protected]> > > Subject: KR> Canopy to Rand Premold > > > > Hello All, > > I am in need of your help if you have attached a premolded Rand canopy > > frame to the canopy and how did you stiffen up the assembly. Right now I > am > > torn as how to proceed with this step. This is totally different than the > > canopy frame I built on N886MJ.....this is why I need your help. > > Thanks > > > > > > Mark Jones (N771MJ) > > Oldsmar, FL > > > > [email protected] > > www.flykr2s.com > > > _______________________________________________ > Search the KRnet Archives at > https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. > Please see LIST RULES and KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html. > see http://list.krnet.org/mailman/listinfo/krnet_list.krnet.org to change > options. > To UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to [email protected] > _______________________________________________ Search the KRnet Archives at https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. Please see LIST RULES and KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html. see http://list.krnet.org/mailman/listinfo/krnet_list.krnet.org to change options. To UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to [email protected]
