Mon 12 December 2005 |
| The temps were up early today so continuing with the canopy work we started on the rear lugs. After lots of measuring and checking I piloted the lower 2 locations on the frame, The LHS for some reason was about 1/16" inboard of the drawing locations. | 
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| The lugs were drilled on the pillar drill and mounted. Basically we got it right - the only problem was the RHS longeron plate needed a bit of extra trimming to allow the lug to drop in vertically. This was a big relief - I'm not sure why, but I've been quite concerned about getting these right, but so far so good. | 
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| Dad used the air file to remove the offending problem area - a bit of duct tape was used to protect the top coat already there. | 
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| Whilst the canopy was off its frame I opened all the holes to 5/32" and sorted the forward two dimple countersinks. | 
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| This is the net result, the #6 screws lay nice and flush with the plexi surface. I think this is the forward canopy fully drilled and so far no cracks! Still some shaping / edge finishing but the base of the canopy work I think is complete. Obviously the fibreglass work is still todo which will be quite a few hours! | 
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| Mid afternoon the temps dropped and also some light rain. We returned to the quadrant controls - looks like this will work, surprisingly little support is needed fore / aft. Brackets a job for tomorrow. | 
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