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Matt Dralle
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Posted: Mon Apr 01, 2013 1:52 pm Post subject: Canopy Mid Retention Block

Hey fellow RV-8 builders,



 On Dwg 44, right in the middle, it talks about a "1/2" x 1/2" UHMW "Canopy Mid Retention Block" for holding the canopy half open.



 I guess I'm just not getting "how" this is suppose to work.  Does anyone have any pictures of their installation that shows the what, where, how of this thing?



 On Ruby 1.0 I had this little black knob on the right hand side of the canopy that had a pin that would stick down into a hole in the rail.  It worked pretty well in theory, but in practice, it would jump out of the hole and drag along the canopy rail top and scratch the paint off.  Needless to say, I wasn't diggin' that.  Here's a little picture of it before I moved it to the right side:



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 Anyway, I'm wondering if this little 1/2" x 1/2" UHMW block is somehow more magical than this knob arrangement...?



 

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