{"id":8109,"date":"2021-01-10T18:00:04","date_gmt":"2021-01-10T18:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rv7aircraftlog.com\/?page_id=8109"},"modified":"2021-01-10T18:44:43","modified_gmt":"2021-01-10T18:44:43","slug":"january-7-2021","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/rv7aircraftlog.com\/?page_id=8109","title":{"rendered":"January 7, 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/rv7aircraftlog.com\/?page_id=8107\">[&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=8095\">[Next&gt;&gt;]<\/a><\/p>\n<p>For the canopy latch, I&#8217;m going with with the aftermarket latch provided by JD Air. It&#8217;s a much nicer solution compared to the lame sheetmetal latch provided by Vans. I really like to flush exterior of the upgraded latch. It looks very similar to the door handles on my Tesla.<\/p>\n<p>You have to make a separate drill tool to get everything located correctly on the fuselage. The tolernaces on these parts actually need to be super precise. I had the the latch and mounting brackets clamped to the tool and ready for match drilling.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/rv7aircraftlog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/EE52AD44-173A-4507-ACB6-2B0D5330D9C8_1_105_c.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-8120\" src=\"http:\/\/rv7aircraftlog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/EE52AD44-173A-4507-ACB6-2B0D5330D9C8_1_105_c-768x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"530\" height=\"707\" srcset=\"http:\/\/rv7aircraftlog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/EE52AD44-173A-4507-ACB6-2B0D5330D9C8_1_105_c.jpeg 768w, http:\/\/rv7aircraftlog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/EE52AD44-173A-4507-ACB6-2B0D5330D9C8_1_105_c-225x300.jpeg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 530px) 100vw, 530px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The pre-drilled holes in the upper and lower mounting brackets were drilled into the tool. Those holes in the tool will be used to drill the holes in the fuselage.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/rv7aircraftlog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/783E9103-9504-4A11-987A-F316F4932C02_1_105_c.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-8119\" src=\"http:\/\/rv7aircraftlog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/783E9103-9504-4A11-987A-F316F4932C02_1_105_c-768x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"530\" height=\"707\" srcset=\"http:\/\/rv7aircraftlog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/783E9103-9504-4A11-987A-F316F4932C02_1_105_c.jpeg 768w, http:\/\/rv7aircraftlog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/783E9103-9504-4A11-987A-F316F4932C02_1_105_c-225x300.jpeg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 530px) 100vw, 530px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/rv7aircraftlog.com\/?page_id=8107\">[&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=8095\">[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=8109\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  January 7, 2021<\/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-8109","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/rv7aircraftlog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8109","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=8109"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/rv7aircraftlog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8109\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8122,"href":"http:\/\/rv7aircraftlog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8109\/revisions\/8122"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/rv7aircraftlog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8109"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}