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Edwin More send in this 1970 picture of
N59229, buillt back in the mid 60's. "The wings would not traverse the
basement bulkheads in the two homes I lived in at that time, so they
ended up with Super Cub type flaps to accommodate the basement
bulkheads. I was enamored of the Turner T-40 use of the NACA knife edge
canopy so built one as a convertible setup. This allowed a tripod
turnover post supporting the canopy. I had some light weight aluminium
and did two things with it. The first was to build a removable belly
pan to get at the underside for cleaning and maintenance. This pan had
a plexi clear panel right between your feet so you could look straight
down. The turtle deck from the windshield back to the rear end of the
storage compartment was made in one piece with a 1/2 OD tubing frame
and covered with aluminium including the headrest. It rested on three
pivot arms which came over center when down and kicked up the rear end
to clear the turtle deck when opened. I also added a curved dorsal fin
like the Aeronca Champs...N59229 was stored in an open tobacco shed
used as a hangar when the snow brought the roof down and bent the left
gear tube at the flanges. It was sold and ended up in MO."
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