December 18, 2004

Today I went to the airport. I was hoping to actually do some flying today, but the weather was pretty grim. So, instead, I hit the hangar and did a bit more canopy work. Unfortunately, I didn’t have my camera, so no pics. I’ll take some on my way home from work tomorrow though.

Cameron was working on his RV-9 today, so I enlisted him to help hold my canopy frame in the correct orientation so I could bend the thing in the right plane. Well, we got it bent alright, and it turned out pretty nicely. So, it looks like the fit is close to perfect, although I feel I may have to move the canopy rails out about 1/8" or so. No biggie, as I only have two small pilot hole drilled for each rail thus far. The other issue I have is that I can’t open the canopy at the moment as the rear bow hits the fuselage skin HARD. When the plexi goes on (not any time soon due to the freezing Michigan temperatures), the frame is pulled out quite a lot, almost a half inch I’ve heard. So, with this and moving the rails out a tad, I think everything will square away nicely.