Tue 01 November 2005 |
| We continued with the canopy layout / marking. Using a couple of side rails to help hold the long sides helped keep the shape. | 
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| I decided to get a little more ambitious than usual as the experience of plexiglass cutting for the nav-lights lens means that I would rather make few cuts closer to the right location from the start. The plan is to cut back to just infront of the duck lip along the front curve. | 
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| And on the rear a simple trim of the mould holding. More careful masking and alignment. The process is to fold back the plastic protective cover and then tape back down with masking tape - the idea being that after the cut the plastic is still 'attached' and the dust is on the outside. | 
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| I also made two templates for the rear .025 support strip. Hopefully a single 'washer' for each side. | 
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| Then with the weather not really warm enough (about 21C), and too much wind, I moved onto something else. | |
| The flap motor requires a safety wire, which in turn requires a small drilled hole outside the lock nut. This was the result of the first attempt - OK but very thin material left and a bit small after review. | 
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| Therefore I made a second location. This time I used a two step process, the first drill (about 2mm) was square to the face that the lock nut goes on. This provided enough of a 'flat' surface for the 1mm drill to not bend / slip. | 
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| The result - looks good, another thing to add to the pile of ready to top coat and install parts. | 
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