TCONROY
Well Known Member
My father and I are approaching year 4 of our -7 project and this evening reached another milestone; we made The Big Cut with no issues!
We have had a week of temps over 80 degrees in Oregon so have been working tirelessly on the canopy. Used a die-grinder with cut-off wheel and the commonly recommended 'duct tape behind the cut' method.
We plan to use SikaFlex to bond the canopy to our tip-up frame. The next step is getting the front of the canopy to fit the contour of the forward canopy skin, trim the sides to nest in the side-rails and then trim around the aft edge to match up with the rollbar.
It was an exciting evening in the hangar![Smile :) :)](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
We have had a week of temps over 80 degrees in Oregon so have been working tirelessly on the canopy. Used a die-grinder with cut-off wheel and the commonly recommended 'duct tape behind the cut' method.
We plan to use SikaFlex to bond the canopy to our tip-up frame. The next step is getting the front of the canopy to fit the contour of the forward canopy skin, trim the sides to nest in the side-rails and then trim around the aft edge to match up with the rollbar.
It was an exciting evening in the hangar
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