John Courte
Well Known Member
Hi.
I've probably gone a little far before I felt the need to ask this question, but I think I may have messed up. Considerably. I have a gap on the right side where C-702 meets up with the forward deck skin, and an overlap on the left side, probably best explained by these two photos.
What gets me is that it wasn't like this when I had everything set up to drill the hinges, and now that the frame is riveted together, I'm losing more and more sleep about the fit.
This is the right side.
This is the left side.
Add this to the fact that I've got the usual air scoops outboard of the gooseneck hinges, and that I had to do some odd things to the C-702 skin to keep it from catching on the forward deck skin. The air scoops aren't that bad, I was able to mitigate them by rolling the forward edg of C-702 in a little bit.
What should I do here? is that gap too big to be acceptable, even if I make it match on the other side? I haven't drilled any holes in the canopy bubble yet, but I have made the cut. I know I probably should have thought of this before that, but I think the canopy plastic is still good, even if I redo the frame.
Thanks in advance,
-John
I've probably gone a little far before I felt the need to ask this question, but I think I may have messed up. Considerably. I have a gap on the right side where C-702 meets up with the forward deck skin, and an overlap on the left side, probably best explained by these two photos.
What gets me is that it wasn't like this when I had everything set up to drill the hinges, and now that the frame is riveted together, I'm losing more and more sleep about the fit.
This is the right side.
This is the left side.
Add this to the fact that I've got the usual air scoops outboard of the gooseneck hinges, and that I had to do some odd things to the C-702 skin to keep it from catching on the forward deck skin. The air scoops aren't that bad, I was able to mitigate them by rolling the forward edg of C-702 in a little bit.
What should I do here? is that gap too big to be acceptable, even if I make it match on the other side? I haven't drilled any holes in the canopy bubble yet, but I have made the cut. I know I probably should have thought of this before that, but I think the canopy plastic is still good, even if I redo the frame.
Thanks in advance,
-John
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