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Old 06-13-2012 | 04:34 PM
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da Rock
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Default RE: AVIA by Topmodel

The canopy retention illustrated by their diagram wouldn't work for me.

I tried to mock up the carbon fiber rod supplied for the task and failed to get it to work as drawn. I frankly couldn't figure out how to get both the front and back ends of that rigid rod to hold the canopy in firm contact. Notice in one of the pictures the rod is kinked? I would bet the original design used piano wire. Wire flexes. CF doesn't. So I cheated. I got the front to work as designed and cut off the rear. One set of rare earth magnets to hold the back on works like gangbusters.
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