KCStudly wrote:I suspect that you are over engineering the canvas/hinge/bungee/spring design. What you are trying to do has been done before simply with just bungee and separate prop(s). Perhaps the best approach would be to get to the point where the roof and canvas are rough built, then experiment and see. I suspect, with a little care watching the weight of your roof build, that you will be able to lift it easily by hand. Two simple prop rods at the rear and a couple of well placed bungees in the rear corners would probably do the job and work more reliably. Just my $0.02.
I recall (vaguely... not well enough to cite a name) one particular build with a lifting lid that used a bungee loop all around the mid point of the canvas that acted like a cincher.
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