Quite a bit got accomplished today. Started by drilling out the holes in the canopy to gain access to the bolts. I drilled a little too low initially, but those areas can be filled in later. I was then able to remove the canopy after a lot of careful work loosening up the edges. Tape and paper was removed from fuselage. It took some work with acetone to get the remnants of the duct tape off the metal.
I then primed the fuel tank and installed the safety wire on the seat backs. I worked on the canopy catch removing the rivets as per update and installing catch. I also worked on SB 16-08-24 since I still had good access to the engine mount brackets. The rivets were replaced with new as per SB.
I then marked and trimmed the canopy and filled in some voids.
There was a new flap knob that could be placed to minimize pinching of fingers, so I installed it. I then tried in the interior to look and see what areas needed painted as I am only painting the interior in the locations that are not covered by the interior package. Once taking note of the areas to paint I taped off the interior and primed and painted.
Time: 9.25 hrs.
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| Drill holes in canopy |
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| Seat back safety wire |
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| Canopy off |
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| tape removed |
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| Rivets removed for canopy catch |
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| Upper FWD fuselage removed |
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| Rivets removed |
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| New rivets installed |
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| Bottom trim line marked |
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| Template placed |
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| Template traced |
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| Canopy trimmed |
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| Voids filled in |
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| Flap knob replaced |
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| New flap knob installed |
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| Canopy catch installed |
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| Seat cushion tried in |
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| Carpet tried in |
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| Control stick |
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| Power plug area |
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| Seat belt connection |
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| Interior tried in |
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| Seat hinges |
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| Head phone jack |
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| Interior taped |
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| Interior painted |
