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Date:  12-13-2018
Number of Hours:  6.00
Manual Reference:  DWG 41 & 42
Brief Description:  Assembling the Sliding Canopy Frame Rollers

I started building the Sliding Canopy Frame but realized I didn’t have all the parts readily handy. So, I spent most of the day sorting all the remaining hardware and parts for the Finish Kit, which includes the Canopy, Engine, and Propeller. Then it was back to the plans for the canopy. The Sliding canopy frame is made of welded steel tubing and moves on nylon rollers and slide-blocks. The plexiglass canopy is trimmed and attached to the steel tube frame with blind rivets and machine screws. Aluminum skirts are used to fair the bottom and rear of the canopy to the fuselage. The canopy has three contact points with the fuselage; two rollers at the lower-forward corners of the canopy frame and one slider block at the rear-top of the canopy frame. The rollers move in extruded aluminum tracks and the rear slider block moves on a fabricated guide track. The only thing I got done today after sorting parts is to assemble the roller assemblies and insert them into the tubes of the canopy frame. The stem of the roller assembly is inside the tube of the frame and will get drilled at a later date when I fit the frame to the tracks.
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Roller Assembly Plans

Roller Assembly Plans

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Inserting Roller Assembly

Inserting Roller Assembly

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Roller Assembly Close-Up Pic

Roller Assembly Close-Up Pic

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