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AZFlyer
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Location: Prescott, AZ
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 Posted: Fri Apr 17, 2009 4:04 pm Post subject: Canopy install |
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List,
I know everybody seems to have an opinion on the NTSB and FAA situation; however, a couple of us are continuing to build and still need some questions answered.
My next question is: How much "re-bending" of the rear and front tubes did you'all have to do to get the tubes to lay against the canopy smoothly, prior to drilling for screws? I find I have as much as 1/4" off the rear tube as I move down from top-center toward either longeron.
...in other words:
From "top-center, in either direction, about a foot of canopy rests against the rear tube." Then canopy comes off tube gradually until perhaps 1/4" at longeron.
Re-bending those tubes is REALLY fun.
Thanks for any input.
Mike
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jaybannist(at)cs.com
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| Posted: Fri Apr 17, 2009 5:12 pm Post subject: Canopy install |
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Mike,
I marked the coordinates for the tubes (from the drawings) on one of those large thick corrugated cardboard sheets that was in a packing crate from ZAC. I cut along the line. I took that template to the fuselage and tried it out on the bubble. I made a few iterations of the curve to get it to fit the bubble, trimming it as needed. I adjusted the tubes to fit the final cut. I still had some gaps of 1/8" or less in the rear one. I had no trouble fastening the bubble to the tubes. I started drilling and clecoing from the center and worked outward. Just make sure that any work you do with the bubble is at 80 degrees or above, preferably above.
Jay Bannister
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