I'm doing the canopy phase of my RV-8A and as I removed the slider canopy from the airplane today, I noticed that the trailing edge almost touched the vertical stabilizer before the Delrin block cleared the fuselage slider - and that is without the skirt on it!
For those with flying aircraft, how do you remove the canopy? Do you have to remove the fuselage slider to remove the canopy? I can't see another way to do it.
With the skirt on, my canopy will not slide all the way back before the skirt touches the VS fairing. I'm not talking about removing the canopy, just opening it and sliding it to the rear stop. Is everyone's like that?
If so, what do you do to solve the problem?
Stan Sutterfield
Daytona Beach, FL
www.rv-8a.net
For those with flying aircraft, how do you remove the canopy? Do you have to remove the fuselage slider to remove the canopy? I can't see another way to do it.
With the skirt on, my canopy will not slide all the way back before the skirt touches the VS fairing. I'm not talking about removing the canopy, just opening it and sliding it to the rear stop. Is everyone's like that?
If so, what do you do to solve the problem?
Stan Sutterfield
Daytona Beach, FL
www.rv-8a.net