[QUOTE=chorner;12005958]Just curious why you think you'd need to locate one there? Wouldn't it make more sense to try and put an actuator to the rear of the canopy and control it from there, making a track on the very top of the fuselage? Heck, you could even mount a push/pull system inside the cockpit to move the canopy back/forward on the rails.
I saw a video and some instructions on how another modeler did it over on FG. He was using the area in front of the canopy to mount the linear actuator since the space was there as he also had the elcetric retracts so ne need for the air bottle. Your comment gives me another idea about a possible mounting area for the air bottle though, might just go behind the cockpit area, gotta take a look at that possibility when I get home from this business trip.
If you haven't seen them yet check out the linear actators at Fergelli, pretty cool.
Todd