Category: Canopy

Finish, canopy installation

Canopy side skins clecoed in place.

Canopy side skins clecoed in place.

Canopy weighted for drilling.

First canopy clecos in place. This is right about when I realized that the rear window had to come out – and so did those first fourteen canopy clecos. It all went right back in place, of course.

My trusty rivet bucker and drilled hole backer.

Canopy side skin and aft frame drilling underway.

Initial canopy side skin and aft frame drilling complete. — with Jean Balch.

Canopy side skin and aft frame drilling complete.

Canopy side skin and aft frame drilling complete.

Canopy side skin and aft frame drilling complete.

Finish, canopy mounting in process

Painted canopy frame assembly remounted to the fuselage and latched in place.

Painted canopy frame assembly remounted to the fuselage and latched in place.

Painted canopy frame assembly remounted to the fuselage and latched in place.

Painted canopy frame assembly remounted to the fuselage and latched in place.

Painted canopy frame assembly remounted to the fuselage and latched in place.

Aft canopy frame clamped to roll bar and side rails wedged (it didn’t require much at all) to parallel with the side skins.

Canopy position template taped in place.

First fitting of the canopy. Almost perfect right out of the box!

Canopy aft edge trimming underway.

Canopy trimming complete.

Canopy trimming complete.

Canopy trimming complete.

Canopy trimming complete.

Finish, canopy framing underway

Aft canopy frame riveted to the canopy assembly.

Switch brackets riveted to aft canopy frame.

Canopy assembly mounted to the fuselage for the first time. Looks good!!

Canopy assembly mounted to the fuselage for the first time. Looks good!!

Canopy assembly mounted to the fuselage for the first time. Looks good!!

Canopy assembly mounted to the fuselage for the first time. Looks good!!

Canopy assembly in closed position for the first time.

Canopy assembly in closed position for the first time.

Canopy plexiglass moved into the garage to come up to ambient temp overnight.

Canopy assembly masked for interior painting.

Canopy assembly masked for interior painting.