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Home of the Spodplane
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Date: 5-16-2021
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Number of Hours: 3.00
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Manual Reference: 18-10
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Brief Description: Canopy frame hinge hard point disaster recovery
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Trimmed canopy hinge hard points, they now look level and in line, with the faces in the correct loacation. Phew.
Made a cardboard dam, and replaced missing core with pour foam. Patched a couple of other rough bits in a like manner.
Marked and cut hard points for gas strut mounts. Uli Wolter plans have the hardpoint at a 10 degree angle, with no indication how this is to be achieved. I'm not sanding this stuff, it is HARD! Make a wooden form to go over the hardpoint layup, profiling the 10 degree angle.
Cut the hard point sites for the canopy handles. Instead of making a crappy looking aluminium handle, I've got some nice light and reasonably attractive polypropylene handles from Goliath Truck Parts, courtesy of Bunnings Aerospace. They weigh 36g each. [Timewarp July 22: I see Russ Meyericks has a lovely LEATHER handle on his canopy, but he has way more class than me]
Cut the hardpoint sites for the forward canopy latches.
After cure, profiled all the pour foam
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Foamy, foamy. Mmmmm, there is more foam in the barfridge...
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Wife taking an interest, and willing me to have a haircut.
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Profiley, profiley
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