instructor_bill
Well Known Member
I'd like to know if anybody either just completed the "big cut" or is going to.
My reasoning... I decided to rivet the forward rear skin so I could paint the fusellage on a rotisserie. Having done so, I will be unable to get the canopy to rest on the bulkheads and mark the cut line against the cabin frame.
I knew this would be an issue, but wanted to forge ahead anyhow.
I've not yet ordered the finishing kit and won't have my canopy for a while, but what I wanted was some basic measurements. Every canopy is different, I get that, but every prepunched fuse is darn close to identical (humor me.)
Has anybody got a measurment of the length of the forward and aft pieces of canopy along the centerline? If not, I can fudge it.
I figure if I start a tad long and trim to fit, it won't be much different than if I had a canopy that rested roughly on the bulkhead cabin frame and forward skin when I marked the cut line.
My reasoning... I decided to rivet the forward rear skin so I could paint the fusellage on a rotisserie. Having done so, I will be unable to get the canopy to rest on the bulkheads and mark the cut line against the cabin frame.
I knew this would be an issue, but wanted to forge ahead anyhow.
I've not yet ordered the finishing kit and won't have my canopy for a while, but what I wanted was some basic measurements. Every canopy is different, I get that, but every prepunched fuse is darn close to identical (humor me.)
Has anybody got a measurment of the length of the forward and aft pieces of canopy along the centerline? If not, I can fudge it.
I figure if I start a tad long and trim to fit, it won't be much different than if I had a canopy that rested roughly on the bulkhead cabin frame and forward skin when I marked the cut line.