Brief Description: Canopy Rails: Rivet / File to Contour
The next step was to rivet the canopy rails to the fuselage. This wasn't too hard. I was able to reach most of the rivets with the pneumatic squeezer using the longeron yoke. The ones that I couldn't squeeze I was able to shoot/buck myself. There were a couple of rivets that were tough because of the limited access from underneath. I happened to have a very narrow bucking bar that worked well for this. It was just a little light so it took many more hits with the gun to set these. Most of my time was spent carefully filing / sanding the outer edges of the canopy rails to match the contour of the fuselage such that there was no overhang. Not difficult but it was slow going.
Right canopy rails riveted to longerons
Left canopy rails riveted to longerons
Edges of canopy rails filed to the contour of the fuselage
