Started cutting the canopy!

Post by **Spike** » Tue Apr 22, 2008 5:25 pm

Gitterdone!

That looks quite good. I just love the tip up canopies.

JohnR · Post by **JohnR** » Tue Apr 22, 2008 10:10 pm

Mike, it looks great! Non-event is a good thing when talking about working on the canopy. Good job.

dons · Post by **dons** » Wed Apr 23, 2008 3:43 pm

Looking good, glad it went well.

Post by **bullojm1** » Sat Apr 26, 2008 10:24 pm

Finally finished the main choppin' and drillin' of the plexiglass today. Here is the window drilled to the fuse:

Next I spent AGES carefully trimming the windows forward edge to meet up nicely with the canopy. I got a nice 1/64 - 3/128's gap around the entire perimeter. I will make it larger once I get the canopy struts installed and see what it does to the alignment.

All I got left is some sanding, countersinking and hole enlargement.

cjensen · Post by **cjensen** » Sat Apr 26, 2008 10:29 pm

Sweet Mike! I like how painstakingly accurate you are with your measurements. Precision will result in a BEAUTIFUL airplane!!

captain_john · Post by **captain_john** » Sun Apr 27, 2008 6:53 am

Mike, that is cool. They say that everything changes when the struts are installed.

The struts push everything apart and I hear it is very frustrating!

Let us know how yours comes together!

CJ

dons · Post by **dons** » Mon Apr 28, 2008 10:39 am

Looks very nice Mike. I was talking with a local 7 tip-up builder a few weeks back and he was showing me how much the struts changed things and to be prepared for it, don't get upset, it's normal.