cmoore806

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Could you please post a picture of the latches you use on your canopy hatches and belly pan/cowl latches? seems like most guys use a BVM style latch.

Thinn

A great, slop-free, no hazzle way is to simply bend a piano wire and lock it between two bolts using the tension in the wire... To my knowledge originally designed in the mid/late 70's by fellow pilot Tore Jemtegaard.
It is widely used here in Norway. Although not looking too slick, nor scoring high on "bling-bling" factor, it is bullet proof, easy and light!

Picture showing my "old" ZN Synergy, built by Knut Frantzen. (I've got the same belly-lock on my Oxalys and Sux..).

byoung466

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http://www.rcuniverse.com/market/item.cfm?itemID=508496

ODD

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Correction on the link to the add :

[link=http://www.rcuniverse.com/market/item.cfm?itemID=513564]www.rcuniverse.com/market/item.cfm?itemID=513564[/link]

Thinn

Here's another I've seen been used on F3A-models:
http://www.centralhobbies.com/miscel...s/mkmagbx.html

mups53

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http://www.hobbycity.com/hobbycity/s...idProduct=4892

95 cents good enough? I use these. Mike

can773

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Looks like your selling a 95 cent Hobby city latch for $8! That's some markup!

mups53

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What markup? It's what they all do Chad. Yes your right it's the same latch. Trouble would be the shipping for one would kill the deal. It works if you buy a number of items. Mike

RCPAUL

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Hobby Lobby has some tool
Paul

mups53

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Yes your right Paul the Hobby Lobby ones are supposed to be good. I have the BVM's on my Integral and while I like them they are a little hard to pull back. Mike

VerneK

The red one from Hobby Lobby is perfect. Just the right amount of tension. I agree that the BVM is too hard to pull back. The Graupner brass barrel latch from Hobby Lobby is too easy and has caused me and some others to lose canopies. The red one is just right.

Verne Koester