Fuselage Photos (Pg21)

With the big cut complete and the cut edges of the back window sanded smooth, it was time to tackle the delicate task of drilling the window to the fuselage. I used plexiglass drill bits from Avery's and heated my garage up as much as I could with portable heaters. In some areas on the tip up canopy part, I used dull #40 bits followed by a uni-bit to open holes to what I needed. I got both jobs done without the fateful loud cracking noise happening to me, so pretty happy with how it turned out. After flying a couple years without paint or sealant I found the back window leaked pretty bad when flying in rain, but the paint shop I used sealed it up nicely at that time, making it both leak free and pretty all at the same time:

Window final drilled and almost ready for final aft top skin installation and window final installation:

Another view of same:

Window and aft top skin installation complete (note this was taken a while after the above pictures, so panel fabrication much farther along than the poster board mockup in the photos above):

Window installation complete, shown from other side:

Ready to drill and final install the tip up canopy:

Back

Fuselage: pg 1 | pg 2 | pg 3 | pg 4 | pg 5 | pg 6 | pg 7 | pg 8 | pg 9 | pg 10

pg 11 | pg 12 | pg 13 | pg 14 | pg 15 | pg 16 | pg 17 | pg 18 | pg 19 | pg 20

pg 21 | pg 22 | pg 23 | pg 24 | pg 25 | pg 26 | pg 27 | pg 28 | pg 29 | pg 30

pg 31 | pg 32 | pg 33 | pg 34 | pg 35 | pg 36 | pg 37 | pg 38

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