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Buck's RV-8
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Date: 5-2-2009
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Number of Hours: 5.50
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Brief Description: Canopy frame and rails
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To begin, I shaved down a few of the backside "shop-heads" of the double-flush attach rivets in the aft canopy slider rail, so nothing scratches the fuselage skin. I deburred the fuselage attach holes, and fastened the rail to the fuselage (for now).
Next, I fitted the rollover bar and bolted it in place. Next I fitted and notched the side canopy rails so they fit around and over the base of the rollover bar.
I taped the side rails in place (eyeballing their position for now), and attached the canopy frame to its rollers. I also slid the nylon block on the aft rail, and inserted the stop block into the recess at the forward end of the rail. I drilled the holes for the clevis pin through the block and counterbored one side for the head of the clevis bolt. (I figured out where to drill the bolt holes by using one of my thick steel rulers as a precision shim between the seating pin on the canopy frame and the slider rail. The ruler was just under 3/32" thick, which was perfect.) The center slider block seems like it binds a bit along the full length of the rail, but I imagine this will loosen up with time. I also drilled the small hole for the cotter pin that holds the clevis pin in.
The canopy itself, minus the aft slider block, rolls a lot more freely than it did last night. I attribute this to my repositioning the side rails.
Finally, I began looking at how the canopy frame fits to the fuselage. There are a couple of minor issues that will have to be adjusted, but it looks pretty good. I'll be doing some bending in the next couple of days.
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Side rails were notched to clear the rollover bar.
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Vans' stock method of securing the clevis pin -- a cotter pin wedged in a tiny hole in the block.
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Strips clamped to the botom edge of the frame will help adjust the frame width to match the fuselage.
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