{"id":3619,"date":"2015-12-15T22:35:21","date_gmt":"2015-12-15T21:35:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rv-7.dk\/?p=3619"},"modified":"2016-05-16T22:21:31","modified_gmt":"2016-05-16T21:21:31","slug":"canopy-release-mapbox","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rv-7.dk\/?p=3619","title":{"rendered":"Canopy release & Mapbox"},"content":{"rendered":"

Since my last post, I finished the canopy latch mechanism. I had to trim a bit more of the\u00a0release bellcrank block, as the pins were getting stuck on the edge.
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That helped, now the bellcrank was turning freely.
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To make room for the bolt that attaches the lever arm to the bellcrank, I had to make this opening below the\u00a0bellcrank block.
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Tonight I continued with the mapbox installation. It would have been\u00a0much easier to prepare this earlier, but I only just received the mapbox kit with some other parts I ordered from Van’s a few weeks ago. The mapbox is deeper than the distance between the instrument panel and subpanel, so it has to go through the subpanel.
\nFirst I had to trim a bit of the right forward deck, to make room for the mapbox.
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Then I cut a piece of cardboard to size, to mark the subpanel hole…
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Trimmed! It took a while to get it just right, but I’m pretty pleased with the result so far. \ud83d\ude42
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The mapbox temporary installed, next up is to make support angles, and cut the instrument panel opening.
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