Cockpit (cont)

Sliding canopy (cont)

pic 1:
After removing the 1/16" ply and all the screws from the moving part of the FG frame, the two halves of the canopy frame was cut using a razor saw.

pic 2:
I then used small curved tin snips to cut the clear canopy along the back edge of the stationary part of the canopy.

pic 3:
I then ground off the bottoms of the #0 screws that were sticking out on the stationary part of the canopy: this will allow the 1/16" ply to slide under the front canopy.

pic 4:
The front stationary canopy screwed back onto the fuse into the existing holes.

pic 5-7:
The back moving part of the clear canopy, FG frame and 1/16" thick ply was screwed back together and test fitted to the front stationary part of the canopy.
Next will be making up the slide mechanism for the back sliding part of the canopy.