Archive for February, 2007

Tip Up Canopy Cabin Frame

Saturday, February 17th, 2007

February 12-17, 2007

I spent this week constructing the cabin frame, sometimes called the roll bar, per Van’s drawing 39. After riveting the 613 channels and attach brackets, I tried a test fit to the fuselage Thursday evening. It seemed to fit pretty well but after looking at it closely Friday morning and […]

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Panel

Saturday, February 10th, 2007

February 10, 2007

This week I have been catching up on a number of little details and studying the panel and sub panel drawings. I have not yet decided on my panel configuration. I may stay with the panel Van furnished or I may go with a modular design as furnished by Affordable Panels. […]

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