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38-14 Aft Canopy Frame Assembly

I normally leave primed parts a couple of days to harden up before assembling. So while waiting for the Fwd Canopy Assembly parts to harden, I pressed ahead and assembled the Aft Canopy Frame Assembly which I’d primed a while ago.

Making the handle went quickly with the squeezer.

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When joining the two halves I was very careful to cleco the C-01442C Aft Canopy Fixture into the correct holes!

Actually, when connected there was a wedge shaped gap between the halves at the join, enough to make me wonder … so I placed the assembly on the fuselage to double check I’d got it right.

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It was difficult to keep the structure rigid enough to guarantee reliable squeezing, so out came my trusty C-Frame.

Using it to back rivet yielded good results.

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The “wedge shaped” join … not what I expected from Vans.

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Fitting C-01405D Aft Canopy Frame Splice was the trickiest job on this page.

This is how I ended up clamping and match drilling.

Job done.

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