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<\/a><\/p>\nMatco PVPV-D parking brake and doubler –<\/p>\n
Doubler plate taped to firewall<\/p>\n Testing out my plumbing idea.<\/p>\n Parking brake taped into place to check lines<\/p>\n Parking brake valve crossover lines installed.<\/p>\n Canopy latch parts painted<\/p>\n Massaged the canopy frame, then reinstalled skin. Flush dies in the pneumatic rivet squeezer helped work out inadvertent creases in the skin, and a flush set in the rivet gun helped with the frame.<\/p>\n Riveting the canopy frame. It’s about time I put that 12″ double-offset back rivet set to good use. \u00a0It sucks up a lot of kinetic energy, though…90 PSI on the compressor just to get the rivets to set.<\/p>\n Another picture of riveting the canopy frame<\/p>\n Here’s the canopy frame riveted, with the skin reinstalled, and fitted back into place on the fuselage.<\/p>\n Final fit before drilling the hinge brackets<\/p>\n Fit is pretty good on the right side.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A solid week of airplane building…missing Oshkosh, but getting a lot of work done. I’ll be adding text here when I get the chance. \u00a0Right now it’s a holding place for pictures so I can document what I got done…more … Continue reading <\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a>Brake lines protected against abrasion with spiral wrap. Somehow it makes them look more “finished.”<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a>Canopy taped in place with spacers installed for final fame drilling.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a>Canopy hinges drilled and bushings installed<\/p>\n