Dave Morris wrote:
>
> >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
>
> After removing all the old hinge and fastening hardware from the canopy and
> shaping the forward turtledeck to mate with the canopy, I can finally see
> what you're talking about. I'm gonna do just that... I'll glass in some
> foam under the left and right edges of the current canopy so it will still
> have something hard to rest on, and extend the outside down beyond the
> foam, making a lip all the way around that will hopefully mate up smoothly
> with the fuselage sides.
You need to get the fuselage shaped and floated out (perhaps even
primed) and the canopy fitted and hinged before you start gassing
the lip. When all is said and done, the canopy to fuselage
mating will be perfect, and there will be a fine 1/16" + - gap
all the way around, spelled sexy. In addition, the wind noise
would be all but non-existent.
Pat
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