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Old May 11th 19, 04:08 PM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
Dan Marotta
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Default Escaping glider on the ground with stuck canopy?

Yeah, and I'll bet that tool was a LOT cheaper than the military canopy
breaker, too!Â* And don't forget, the glider could be upside down and
attempting to pry the canopy open wouldn't help.

On 5/10/2019 5:58 PM, Steve Koerner wrote:
I should have done a better job of Googling. I just found a youtube of a pretty small escape hammer (as Dan suggests) that does a fine job on an RV7 canopy:

https://youtu.be/fRvQxGl4kt4




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