OK, so Doug and I finally pulled all the protective plastic off of the canopy to see how it looked. Lo and behold there was a CRACK starting from the hole for the handle and extending back and to the passenger side of the canopy.
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| crack in canopy |
After conferring with my technical counselor, I drilled a stop hole to arrest further movement of the crack
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| Out in warm sun to soften plexiglass |
Now what?? I asked Doug, my son, what he wanted to do. We came up with a plan to hide the crack under some fiberglass, and use the fiberglass instead of a metal strip over the center of the canopy. Doug came up with this idea for a shape:
We got the idea from John Stahr, our painter, to blend the center strip in to a fairing under the opening latch
Back on track. Finished the fiberglass around the windscreen.
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| more work evening the cowling hinge line |
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| Sanding and flaring the fairing around the windscreen |
John came to pick up the plane and take it to his shop for painting
These are some CAD drawings showing proposed paint scheme
So we are left with an empty hangar.
Which allows us to clean wals and floor in preparation to receive back painted plane soon
STAY TUNED!!!
