Canopy hatch (cont)

functional canopy (cont)

pic 1:
It got all the way up to 48 degrees today, so I went out to the shop and painted the drop tanks with the silver that I used on the Yellow Texan.

pic 2:
Here's the front main canopy guide with the inner guide.

pic 3:
The ball socket on the front of the sliding canopy.

pic 4:
Here's the support arm for the back of the canopy and the ball socket.
I used some sheet brass to make a bracket and attached it to the support arm with some #0 screws.
The support arm is connected to the side of the canopy using #0X1/4" screws.
The support arm is made of of 1/4" thick ply to make it sturdy and for the screws to securely hold the ends.

pic 5:
Here's the ball socket on the support arm in the back brass guide.

pic 6:
I left a small gap between the canopy and fuse so the aluminum on the fuse doesn't get scratched.

pic 7:
View of the back guide with the canopy all the way forward.

pic 8:
Suppport canopy profile is 6" wide.