Noah
Well Known Member
Getting ready to glue my canopy in place. I've been through the wars with the canopy frame, getting it to fit where it needs to, and I riveted on the canopy skin / glareshield and braces last week. I even forced myself to pick an interior paint and color and painted the inside of the frame (nothing else is painted inside).
So my question is, am I an idiot for wanting to glue (and finish) the canopy prior to riveting the subpanel in place? My reasoning is that I would like to maintain access to the front of the fuselage for as long as possible for systems installation (and possibly painting, see first paragraph). My concern is that clecos aren't rivets, and things might move later once I rivet things, and the canopy will no longer fit.
Anybody done what I'm trying to do? Success? Failure? More canopy misery and pain in my future? What say ye, Magic VAF 8-Ball??![Big grin :D :D](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
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![Big grin :D :D](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
So my question is, am I an idiot for wanting to glue (and finish) the canopy prior to riveting the subpanel in place? My reasoning is that I would like to maintain access to the front of the fuselage for as long as possible for systems installation (and possibly painting, see first paragraph). My concern is that clecos aren't rivets, and things might move later once I rivet things, and the canopy will no longer fit.
Anybody done what I'm trying to do? Success? Failure? More canopy misery and pain in my future? What say ye, Magic VAF 8-Ball??