42 – Miscellanea
I’ve spent a lot of time over the last weeks making decisions on the Avionics, and attempting to plan the installation of the components. To offset the feeling that productivity was flagging, I decided to…
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38-37 to 38 Canopy Guide Pins & Final Touches – Canopy Finished!!
Canopy Guide Pins One of the last jobs on the canopy is to install the Guide Pins. The manual suggests you rivet on the pins before drilling the holes in the canopy deck, but I…
38-32 to 33 Fans, Seal & Switch!
Canopy Microswitch A very pleasant few jobs attaching items to the canopy – and no sanding! The canopy microswitch is easily installed … but you’ll need a little spanner, or another cunning plan, to hold…
38-31 Sanding the Fairing
I hadn’t been looking forward at all to this job … but actually, it wasn’t too bad. First job was to remove the peel ply, which came off easily. Happily the resin had not soaked…
38-29 & 30 Fairing Layup
The first job is to cut out the fibreglass cloth strips. I had bought some 280g “Twill Weave” Cloth, and because of the weave style (over 2/under 2) I found it impossible to cut the…
38-28 Canopy Clips and Void Filler
Canopy Clips Although the front of my canopy seemed to lie down along the front quite well, I decided to attach more than the minimum 3 clips. I used a Dremel drum sander to make…
38-26 & 27 Canopy Side Skins, Seals & Wear Strips
Canopy Side Skins Now the glareshield is painted, it’s time to permanently install the precious canopy onto its frame. The match drilled holes along the top of the Side Skins are dimpled, but don’t forget…
38-25 Fairing Outline & Glareshield
Fairing Outline The “aft fairing line” is lightly scribed onto the canopy 7/8″ aft of the front edge. Since I don’t have any calipers, I made the equivalent from a compass & pencil : )…
38-23, 24 & 26 Drilling and Countersinking the Canopy
The next couple of days were due to be very warm here for the time of year, so there weren’t any excuses left … I had to start drilling the canopy! Deep breath …! I’ve…
38-20 to 22 Positioning & Trimming Canopy
Well, here goes … work on the canopy! A gentle introduction, as the first job was to tidy up the plastic protective covering, leaving it in place, and to carefully remove about 1/4″ from the…