Hi all,
I am interested in hearing from anyone who has successfully done their RV-6/7 sliding canopy aft skirts in two pieces with bent tabs, as detailed in the 6/97 issue of the RVator and reprinted on page 132 of the "24 Years of the RVator" collection. Specifcially, I'm most interested in knowing how you finished off the seam between the two pieces, and whether you had any problems hiding the existence of the slots with the second piece. Any photos you have to share would be great.
For those not familiar with this idea, the author made each of the L & R halves of his canopy skirts out of two pieces of aluminum: One was a thin strip pop riveted to the rear canopy bow, and the other was a wider piece similar to the C-666 skirts but riveted only to the first strip, not to the canopy bow. The first piece has slots cut in it and tabs bent down to form the correct angle in the skirt without requiring any compound bending. Since my plexiglass sits a little high compared to the top fuselage skin, I was thinking this might be a good thing to try before I give up on metal skirts and go to fiberglass.
thanks,
mcb
I am interested in hearing from anyone who has successfully done their RV-6/7 sliding canopy aft skirts in two pieces with bent tabs, as detailed in the 6/97 issue of the RVator and reprinted on page 132 of the "24 Years of the RVator" collection. Specifcially, I'm most interested in knowing how you finished off the seam between the two pieces, and whether you had any problems hiding the existence of the slots with the second piece. Any photos you have to share would be great.
For those not familiar with this idea, the author made each of the L & R halves of his canopy skirts out of two pieces of aluminum: One was a thin strip pop riveted to the rear canopy bow, and the other was a wider piece similar to the C-666 skirts but riveted only to the first strip, not to the canopy bow. The first piece has slots cut in it and tabs bent down to form the correct angle in the skirt without requiring any compound bending. Since my plexiglass sits a little high compared to the top fuselage skin, I was thinking this might be a good thing to try before I give up on metal skirts and go to fiberglass.
thanks,
mcb