Fitting canopy frame to fuselage advice

I used to have an Open Cirrus with a removable canopy. It was Tinted blue
and looked really good. Down side was if it got hot then it was impossible
to latch onto the fuse. My solution was when it was off the glider. ( while
waiting for a tow on a contest grid) I would leave it under the wing in the
shade. Then it would fit when I needed it to. All gliders/ canopys suffer
from expansion and shrinkage with heat/ cold. Wether new or old. The trick
is to get them shut when its hot and try to stay calm when at - 15 c at
altitude you could drive a bus through the gap in the frame from the
shrinkage ;-)
By the way, why the DG/ KFW bashing Ruud?
Paul

On Sat, 26 Jul 2003 18:33:04 +1200, "Paul"
wrote:

By the way, why the DG/ KFW bashing Ruud?

Like I said before, KFW is an excellent marketing and sales man trying
to increase DG-market share.
DG is building excellent gliders as well but the way he tries to
compare them with the competition is questionable.

The DG1000 vs Duo is such an example.
It's nice to say that you have extra protection from the "roll bar"
between the 2 seats in case of an upside down landing.
The down side of this story is that you might have a mid-air because
of the reduced visibility caused by the roll bar.
On the picture of the one piece canopy on the DG web site they show a
front seat pilot wearing a white hat, while everyone knows that a
front seat pilot should wear a dark colour hat.

Also have a look at the performance comparison.
Simple aerodynamic law says that a wing with low aspect ratio has a
lower L/D than a high aspect ratio wing.
Also from personal observations in several contests I can only say
that the DG-1000 certainly does not outperform a Duo.
Not on the climb and not on the glide.