JFC3 0 #1 February 13, 2003 Simply, if I lay out my main, how do I figure out what size it is? Thanks. "Five days? But I'm angry now!" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
councilman24 37 #2 February 13, 2003 Read the label. You can go to http://www.pia.com/piapubs/TS%20Documents/ts-104.htm for the PIA definition. But this may very well not match the manufacturer's declared area and doesn't give guidance for non-rectangular canopies, which didn't exist when it was written. I actually was serious in the first line. Or call the manufacturer with the serial number, if IT doesn't include the size, and ask them. I'm old for my age. Terry Urban D-8631 FAA DPRE Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
eames 0 #3 February 13, 2003 Look at the data panel Assuming it's square, the area is chord X span. You'll get a different measurement from topskin to bottom skin... I guess you could average the two. If it's tapered, you could measure the area by the sum of the area of a few geometrical shapes, then average top and bottom. Those are real world measurements; if you want to know what the manufacturer "says" it is, you'll have to call the manufacturer and ask (if you can't read it on the data panel). EDIT: Damn, you got to it first! Jason Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JFC3 0 #4 February 13, 2003 Yeah, I'm just a synic. I can put a lable on something but that doesn't make it what the lable says, you know? The lable says one thing I just want to confirm it. I mean couldn't I make a 150 meaning to make a 135 and then stick a 135 lable on it when I was finished simply because I thought that's what I had done? Of course I'm crazy, but I knew that already. "Five days? But I'm angry now!" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
johnny1488 1 #5 February 13, 2003 Why are you afraid of that 135 already? Johnny --"This ain't no book club, we're all gonna die!" Mike Rome Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JFC3 0 #6 February 14, 2003 Nah. It's not fast enough. I was convinced it was a 150. But sure enough it's a 135. Need more speed! "Five days? But I'm angry now!" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rigging65 0 #7 February 14, 2003 There are about 12 different ways to measure square footage...which is why it's almost and arbitrary number anymore. I would suggest you call the individual manufacturer and ask for the cordial length of the size you think you've got and compare it to the canopy. Another way is to check the 'A' line length against a chart and get the size off of that. The short answer is there is no single way to measure a canopy with a tape measure and get a square footage that is going to be the same as the manufacturer's. They are almost all different. "...and once you had tasted flight, you will walk the earth with your eyes turned skyward. For there you have been, and there you long to return..." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
