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Date:  10-27-2019
Number of Hours:  2.40
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Brief Description:  Cutting and Fitting the Canopy Part 4

I began by attacking the fitting of the windscreen. After cutting the canopy everything moves and fitting goes into the next phase.

I played with the canopy and got it to where it was supposed to be. I then made some indexing marks to align the windscreen after I take it off and put it back on. I made "V" arrows on the fuselage and put verticle lines on the canopy to align the two.

I began making the cuts needed to get the fit right followed by sanding. As I would place the
windscreen back on I would use the marks to align the screen. When the cutting and sanding would change the marks due to removing material in a particular area I would redraw the arrows to update the position. I had enough arrows and lines that it still lined up as before the cuts.

Finally after going through the process several times I had a good fitting windscreen. I will finish the edges in the next session. I may have to do a little more fitting but as far as I can see now it looks good.
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More fitting

More fitting

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Side view

Side view

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Windscreen Index Marks

Windscreen Index Marks

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