I've read how others have ended up notching the underside flange of the aft canopy deck in order to get the spacer, bolt, etc in place for the roll bar. I'm going a step further now and wondering how the heck do you get the nuts in place when screwing down the canopy slider track to the deck? Far as I can feel, I'm running into the same situation. And by the time I notch the underside flange for all seven or so screws, the flange is going to be swiss cheese.
Am I going too far in thinking about just cutting off the underside flange altogether? Admittedly it makes a nice hand-hold when getting into or out of the plane. But how else am I going to get the slider track screws' nuts in place without further chewing up the flange?
Am I going too far in thinking about just cutting off the underside flange altogether? Admittedly it makes a nice hand-hold when getting into or out of the plane. But how else am I going to get the slider track screws' nuts in place without further chewing up the flange?