{"id":7562,"date":"2020-03-30T04:54:19","date_gmt":"2020-03-30T04:54:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rv7aircraftlog.com\/?page_id=7562"},"modified":"2020-11-01T17:15:50","modified_gmt":"2020-11-01T17:15:50","slug":"march-29-2020","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/rv7aircraftlog.com\/?page_id=7562","title":{"rendered":"March 29, 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/rv7aircraftlog.com\/?page_id=7553\">[&lt;&lt;Prev]<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/rv7aircraftlog.com\/?page_id=7964\">[Next&gt;&gt;]<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Today is the day I finally get this canopy frame closed out. The first thing I did was use my interior primer to coat the inside area of the frame that will be exposed through the fastener access hole.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/rv7aircraftlog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG_3988.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-7564\" src=\"http:\/\/rv7aircraftlog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG_3988-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"530\" height=\"398\" srcset=\"http:\/\/rv7aircraftlog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG_3988-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, http:\/\/rv7aircraftlog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG_3988-300x225.jpeg 300w, http:\/\/rv7aircraftlog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG_3988-768x576.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 530px) 100vw, 530px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I plugged up the tooling holes with Bondo. This will provide a cleaner appearance.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/rv7aircraftlog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG_3989.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-7565\" src=\"http:\/\/rv7aircraftlog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG_3989-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"530\" height=\"398\" srcset=\"http:\/\/rv7aircraftlog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG_3989-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, http:\/\/rv7aircraftlog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG_3989-300x225.jpeg 300w, http:\/\/rv7aircraftlog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG_3989-768x576.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 530px) 100vw, 530px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The rivets that attach this angle are super close to the flange wall. To make things simpler, I just used some MSP bling rivets on the inside of the channel.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/rv7aircraftlog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG_3998.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-7566\" src=\"http:\/\/rv7aircraftlog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG_3998-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"530\" height=\"398\" srcset=\"http:\/\/rv7aircraftlog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG_3998-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, http:\/\/rv7aircraftlog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG_3998-300x225.jpeg 300w, http:\/\/rv7aircraftlog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG_3998-768x576.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 530px) 100vw, 530px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The whole frame was clamped down and all blind rivets\/clecos were installed. This was a ton of work. I&#8217;m really thankful I bought the pneumatic blind rivet tool. It made the whole process easier.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/rv7aircraftlog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG_4002.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-7567\" src=\"http:\/\/rv7aircraftlog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG_4002-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"530\" height=\"398\" srcset=\"http:\/\/rv7aircraftlog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG_4002-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, http:\/\/rv7aircraftlog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG_4002-300x225.jpeg 300w, http:\/\/rv7aircraftlog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG_4002-768x576.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 530px) 100vw, 530px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>For fun, I placed the canopy frame on the airplane. This is looking really cool.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/rv7aircraftlog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG_4014.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-7568\" src=\"http:\/\/rv7aircraftlog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG_4014-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"530\" height=\"398\" srcset=\"http:\/\/rv7aircraftlog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG_4014-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, http:\/\/rv7aircraftlog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG_4014-300x225.jpeg 300w, http:\/\/rv7aircraftlog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG_4014-768x576.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 530px) 100vw, 530px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/rv7aircraftlog.com\/?page_id=7553\">[&lt;&lt;Prev]<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/rv7aircraftlog.com\/?page_id=7964\">[Next&gt;&gt;]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[&lt;&lt;Prev]\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/rv7aircraftlog.com\/?page_id=7562\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  March 29, 2020<\/span><span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-7562","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/rv7aircraftlog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7562","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/rv7aircraftlog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/rv7aircraftlog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rv7aircraftlog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rv7aircraftlog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7562"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"http:\/\/rv7aircraftlog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7562\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7972,"href":"http:\/\/rv7aircraftlog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7562\/revisions\/7972"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/rv7aircraftlog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7562"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}