Dave Morris wrote:
> Then I bought a canopy, already in the frame, finished, painted, and
> broken-in, and messed up my plans.
>
> Now my choices, it seems, are:
>
> 1. Sand off the paint from the canopy frame and tack on some 1 inch
> tapering foam/fiberglas extensions (yechhh)
> 2. Build up a 1" extension on top of the wooden fuselage longerons to seal
> the gap
>
> I think I like option #2 better. Does anyone have a good reason why I
> should NOT cover up the wooden stringers by adding the extension? Other
> than needing to "harden" the area where people climb in and out of the
> plane, is there any reason why I couldn't add a foam/fiberglass extension
> on top of the wood?
Dave, I'm not sure why adding to the canopy is a "yechh" in your
opinion. Is it because you'd rather not work on a 'finished'
piece?
Adding to the fuselage sides will make for an already high climb
over point, even higher. The hoop gear (that you are
installing) is a bit taller than the MKII gear. It's quite a
climb.
There is a detail in the plans that calls for masking off the
'roll bar' and laying a piece of cloth over the canopy, to lap
on to this masked off area. This produces a small lip to fare in
later with micro, making a real clean canopy-to-fuselage
connection. This detail is only shown at the rear of the canopy.
Since you are using the forward hinge arrangement, and since you
might be re-working the canopy, you can continue this detail
all around the canopy, making it have a better seal and
appearance.
Pat
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