RVG8tor
Well Known Member
I have some questions on fitting the canopy for those of you who have gone before me. I have the frame fit to the fuselage and the initial holes drilled for the side tracks. I looking at my fit I see that the hook (rear track) engages the block with about a ?? between the forward bow in the frame and the roll bar. I can snug it up and get roll bar and frame to within ??. I thought I should see how the latch fits so I put that together and the latch will not go to the full closed (horizontal on the handle) position. The frame and roll bar touch before the handle goes to the full lock position. It looks like I will have to trim the latch for a better fit.
Well this got me to thinking, shouldn?t the frame be in this most forward locked position for fitting the canopy bubble. If I fit the bubble with the frame in the just hand tight position then after the canopy is cut in two, if you move to the locked position then the two halves will interfere. Do you make another cut to match the radius of the forward part of the frame thereby giving room for the two halves to not interfere when locked? Also if I camp the canopy frame full forward so it is nearly touches the roll bar the side rollers roll up onto the foot of the roll bar (part attached to the sides). This raises the canopy just a bit so this would throw things out of alignment.
So am I missing something? Did you guys clamp the frame in the locked position when cutting the canopy to fit the fuselage? Pictures show latch fit and how rollers come up onto roll bar foot. Thanks for any help.
Cheers
Well this got me to thinking, shouldn?t the frame be in this most forward locked position for fitting the canopy bubble. If I fit the bubble with the frame in the just hand tight position then after the canopy is cut in two, if you move to the locked position then the two halves will interfere. Do you make another cut to match the radius of the forward part of the frame thereby giving room for the two halves to not interfere when locked? Also if I camp the canopy frame full forward so it is nearly touches the roll bar the side rollers roll up onto the foot of the roll bar (part attached to the sides). This raises the canopy just a bit so this would throw things out of alignment.
So am I missing something? Did you guys clamp the frame in the locked position when cutting the canopy to fit the fuselage? Pictures show latch fit and how rollers come up onto roll bar foot. Thanks for any help.
Cheers