At 03:35 PM 5/30/98 -0700, you wrote:
>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?
Yeah, if it's already painted, I'd rather leave it that way, instead of
having to re-do it after I made the mods.
>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.
That was another point I hadn't thought of. And of course, since it's no
longer wood at the top, it will be even more likely to get dinged as people
try to climb over it.
>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.
>
I'll take a look at that. Thanks for the ideas.
Dave
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