REFLECTOR: Canard cover

[Scott Derrick]

I don't have the "Big Dog" hatch, but I did modify my canard dog house to
be removable.  It is held on by piano hinges.  You remove the standard
nose hatch, reach in and pull the pins and the canard cover comes off.

It doesn't move at all in flight.

Scott

> Pat,
>
> I also have the 'big dog' house with 4 screws/tinnermans down each side,
> two across the top and one on the pointy tip.  I see absolutely no
> movement during any flight regime.  If yours is bulging 1/8" during
> hi-speed flight, additional fasteners do seem in order.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: reflector-bounces at tvbf.org [mailto:reflector-bounces at tvbf.org]On
> Behalf Of Pat Shea
> Sent: Tuesday, July 05, 2005 4:42 PM
> To: Velocity Aircraft Owners and Builders list
> Subject: Re: REFLECTOR: Canard cover
>
>
> Maybe I didn't explain that very well. At 200KIAS, the
> top surface of my canard cover sticks up about 1/8"
> above the top surface of the fusulage in the middle.
> The cover is over 1/2" thick. The removable dog house
> (4-5" up from the canard) is a common mod which has
> proven to be structurally sound. However, if I'm the
> only one experiencing this, I'll need to look into it
> further. More fasteners were on my list as a speed
> mod.
>
> Pat
>
>> Pat,
>>
>> that would scare the crap out of me!!!  Have you
>> thought about fastening
>> it down better?
>>
>> Scott
>
>
> --- Scott Derrick <scott at tnstaafl.net> wrote:
>
>> > Finally, It looks like you have fasteners running
>> > across the top (front & back) of your doghouse
>> cover.
>> > I only have screws on the sides of mine and at
>> cruise
>> > it pops up (bulges) over 1/8" in the center.
>>
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