Tag: Canopy

Finish, canopy in process

Rear window holes are done. Roll bar tapped and top skins dimpled.

All rear window holes have been countersunk. Just have to get the leading edge trimmed to the tape line, beveled, and smoothed.

Canopy latch and latch handle installed.

Finish, panel, canopy assembly

A nice warm day for drilling plexiglass. I did this a bit differently than called for in the plans. Here, the rear window has been drilled to #40 around its perimeter.

On the workbench, I opened all of the holes in the rear window first to #36 and then to #27.

The roll bar holes have all been drilled out to #36. Tomorrow, they’ll all be tapped 6-32.

The RV-14A panel in progress at SteinAir, Inc. Looking good… 

Finish, canopy progress

More canopy frame fun. Leveled, checked for twist, corrected as necessary (not much at all – a few tenths of a degree), and drilled all components together as/where necessary.

More canopy frame fun. Leveled, checked for twist, corrected as necessary (not much at all – a few tenths of a degree), and drilled all components together as/where necessary.