Re: SZD-8 Jaskolka 1/3 Scale**
Posted: 23 Mar 2022, 21:15
Thanks Martin.
The canopy has 3 ‘C’ rails (2 fitted to fuselage at front sides & 1 fitted centrally at rear, under the canopy frame) which slide along entrapped cap head screw heads to give a fully parallel sliding action.
This is unlike the full size where the (narrower) metal canopy frame allows the rear to dip down along the top of the rear fuselage as the canopy is slid back - the canopy frame clearing the sides of the fuselage further forward.
However, Jilles has kept the simple latch mechanism which allows the canopy to be locked in the closed & several partially open positions.
Apparently it was common for Jaskolka pilots to fly with the canopy open 6” or so to get more ventilation, despite the higher noise level. (I think the only other ventilation was via a simple small triangular flap type vent at the forward RH corner of the sliding canopy).
The canopy has 3 ‘C’ rails (2 fitted to fuselage at front sides & 1 fitted centrally at rear, under the canopy frame) which slide along entrapped cap head screw heads to give a fully parallel sliding action.
This is unlike the full size where the (narrower) metal canopy frame allows the rear to dip down along the top of the rear fuselage as the canopy is slid back - the canopy frame clearing the sides of the fuselage further forward.
However, Jilles has kept the simple latch mechanism which allows the canopy to be locked in the closed & several partially open positions.
Apparently it was common for Jaskolka pilots to fly with the canopy open 6” or so to get more ventilation, despite the higher noise level. (I think the only other ventilation was via a simple small triangular flap type vent at the forward RH corner of the sliding canopy).