Tag: Drilling

Finish, canopy components underway

Canopy latch pushrod assembly installed and operational.

Latch bellcranks, canopy latch pins, latch links, and canopy latch pushrod assembly installed. Some very awkward cotter pins in this area, which I very much hope will never be touched again.

Left-side canopy latch pin in engaged position.

Right-side canopy latch pin in engaged position.

Aft canopy rail components (angles & flanges drilled together).

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.