Mon 05 December 2005 |
| Another day - more canopy sanding / shaping. It seems to take forever - and we aren't even sure where we are heading! | 
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| The front corners seem very difficult to get symmetrical. Some CAD templates help but the thickness of the plexi and the strange angles make it very difficult. | 
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| More fitting / trimming / refitting.... it is starting to get there. | 
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| One punch item was the canopy side / front tabs - just gentle squeezing, plus a bit of scotch brite wheel. | 
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| The skin ear / canopy plexi still needs to be enlarged. We thought about this for a while as it might weaken the cockpit dash but in the end the plexi rubbing / sitting on a single edge of AL just wasn't an option. | 
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| This was the revised relief - better but still probably needs some additional work. | 
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| The temp dropped reasonable quickly today so rather than handling the plexi lots we sorted the side skirts / side rail fixings. The side skins also work well holding the plexi in shape. | 
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| One last fitting for the day - more trimming is still needed..... | 
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| This is the main area (and has been for a while), just slow and steady progress. | 
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