Canopy frame drilling
My order from Van’s arrived containing the UHMW tape I needed for the canopy skin. I deburred the front edge of the skin, cut off a 1/2″ strip of the tape, and carefully applied it to the skin. I clecoed the skin to the forward part of the canopy frame. After making sure everything was lined up, I drilled the skin to the aft tube. I re-clecoed the subpanel area back together, including the forward top skin. Placing the canopy frame assembly on the fuselage, it lined up fairly well. I need to file the slots a little deeper, so the frame can sit down further.
I also spent a few minutes trying to figure out how best to proceed with drilling the hinge point. Since I haven’t drilled the hinge point in the UHMW blocks yet, I could drill a nice centered hole in the canopy hinge arms and then drill that to the blocks.