I copied my latch mechanism from
a 2 33 glider but after the fact seen a similar
idea in Sonerai 2 plans. This idea works on
a swing over canopy. Basically it works on
a spring loaded pin that inserts into a latch
hole, you can get the idea from your standard
door knob and latch plate. Mine has 2 pins
that insert into 2 latch plates to lock my
canopy down on my KR1, I retract the pins
with 2 pins welded to the spring loaded latch
pins on a T plane to the latch pins, 1 side of
the T pin is inside the canopy and one
side protrudes through the canopy fibreglass
skirt through a slot and by squeezing the
pins together retracts the latch pins from
the latch plates and can be accessed from
inside and out. With a little engineering
this idea can be adapted to a flip forward
canopy. As to my aileron hinges, my hinges
screw onto my aileron spars with nut plates
epoxied to the aileron spars on the inside
and my hinges are removable
