Tue 29 November 2005 |
| Continuing with the cool work first thing - spinner cut out and filing needed. | 
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| The rotating wooden base worked really well along with a rotor burr. | 
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| A little more clean up and filing and everything fitted neatly. | 
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| The first mounting of the prop wasn't too successful - a) it is a slow process of doing each of the 6 bolts up, 2 turns at a time, by hand. b) after about 80% was completed one bolt started tightening considerably and we decided to back off and remove the prop again (just as slow in reverse!) | 
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| This was the problem location - a little use of a 1/2" UNF tap helped and should solve the problem. | 
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| Then returning to the canopy, this was the view of the upper rear gap between the plexi and rear ribs. | 
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| At this point I decided it would be easier to work / review from within the canopy.... not a great photo! | 
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| After various discussions, clamping and alignments we made a new temporary C-704 plate. At the moment only #41 locations on the LHS rib, but that can be opened up later. | 
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| Also smoothed the forward tabs in preparation for future trimming of the plexi. | 
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| Finishing up we re-marked the line for the forward canopy mounts. The current plan is to drill the canopy, mark the frame and then drill / fill in the gaps. | 
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