Zodiac XL vs Rans S-19 vs Van's RV-12

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flybynightkarmarepair wrote:
Jim Logajan wrote:
I may have overlooked a few, but if one were looking for a kit
that:

1) is light sport compliant,
2) is low wing,
3) uses tricycle gear,
4) is of metal construction,
5) built using primarily pop type rivets,
6) and has a bubble canopy,
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Are there any other kit aircraft that I overlooked that match
those 6 points?

Sonex

I was going to suggest that but it doesn't have the
bubble canopy.


HUH????

Looks like a bubble to me....


OK, perhaps we have different notions of what a bubble is.

I thought a bubble means you could look out the back of
the cockpit through the canopy. If it has a turtle deck, it's
not a bubble.

Think of the progression fo canapies for the P-47. The later
models were bubble.


The RV 12 will have a turtle deck also, they talk about the "roll over
protection" in http://www.vansaircraft.com/public/rv-12int2.htm . --
-- ET :-)

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ET wrote:
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I thought a bubble means you could look out the back of
the cockpit through the canopy. If it has a turtle deck, it's
not a bubble.
...

The RV 12 will have a turtle deck also, they talk about the "roll over
protection" in http://www.vansaircraft.com/public/rv-12int2.htm . --
-- ET :-)


Ok back to definitions.

Is a bubble canapy defined by its geometry, shaped like a
blister on the dorsal side of the fuselage, or by its method
of construction--a one-piece seamless moded compound
curve?

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FF

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Ok back to definitions.

Is a bubble canapy defined by its geometry, shaped like a
blister on the dorsal side of the fuselage, or by its method
of construction--a one-piece seamless moded compound
curve?

You very well may be correct in saying that a bubble canopy is a one piece
seamless plastic canopy covery, but it is safe to say that if you can see
all of the way around, and there is no significant structure sticking above
the fuselage (other than the canopy) most will call it a bubble canopy,
still.
--
Jim in NC