{"id":9022,"date":"2021-10-30T16:00:21","date_gmt":"2021-10-30T16:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rv7aircraftlog.com\/?page_id=9022"},"modified":"2021-11-01T16:22:01","modified_gmt":"2021-11-01T16:22:01","slug":"october-29-2021","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/rv7aircraftlog.com\/?page_id=9022","title":{"rendered":"October 29, 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/rv7aircraftlog.com\/?page_id=9011\">[&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[Next&gt;&gt;]<\/p>\n<p>The canopy feels like it&#8217;s just never ending. I&#8217;ve still got some open work in regards to improving the interface between the forward and aft canopy sections, but I&#8217;m not in the mood to work on that. Instead, I countersunk the screw holes that interface between the aft window and the the roll bar. The countersinks just need to fit the screw head.\u00a0<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/rv7aircraftlog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/ADEF7DD4-C97D-438E-9CB6-0CEDE2820E62-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-9029\" src=\"http:\/\/rv7aircraftlog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/ADEF7DD4-C97D-438E-9CB6-0CEDE2820E62-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"530\" height=\"398\" srcset=\"http:\/\/rv7aircraftlog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/ADEF7DD4-C97D-438E-9CB6-0CEDE2820E62-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/rv7aircraftlog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/ADEF7DD4-C97D-438E-9CB6-0CEDE2820E62-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/rv7aircraftlog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/ADEF7DD4-C97D-438E-9CB6-0CEDE2820E62-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/rv7aircraftlog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/ADEF7DD4-C97D-438E-9CB6-0CEDE2820E62-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/rv7aircraftlog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/ADEF7DD4-C97D-438E-9CB6-0CEDE2820E62-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 530px) 100vw, 530px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The next thing I did was work on the canopy actuator mounting. I got the forward mounting block clamped and drilled in place.\u00a0<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/rv7aircraftlog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/425D8945-B9C2-4AA7-B1CD-846763F5E640-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-9028\" src=\"http:\/\/rv7aircraftlog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/425D8945-B9C2-4AA7-B1CD-846763F5E640-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"530\" height=\"398\" srcset=\"http:\/\/rv7aircraftlog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/425D8945-B9C2-4AA7-B1CD-846763F5E640-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/rv7aircraftlog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/425D8945-B9C2-4AA7-B1CD-846763F5E640-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/rv7aircraftlog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/425D8945-B9C2-4AA7-B1CD-846763F5E640-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/rv7aircraftlog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/425D8945-B9C2-4AA7-B1CD-846763F5E640-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/rv7aircraftlog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/425D8945-B9C2-4AA7-B1CD-846763F5E640-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 530px) 100vw, 530px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>To get the spacing correct for the fuselage strut mount, I create a strut simulator with hole spacing at 9 11\/16. This worked quite well to define the position.\u00a0<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/rv7aircraftlog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/1A556B12-616A-40FA-BB2C-175A1349FBE0-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-9027\" src=\"http:\/\/rv7aircraftlog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/1A556B12-616A-40FA-BB2C-175A1349FBE0-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"530\" height=\"398\" srcset=\"http:\/\/rv7aircraftlog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/1A556B12-616A-40FA-BB2C-175A1349FBE0-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/rv7aircraftlog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/1A556B12-616A-40FA-BB2C-175A1349FBE0-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/rv7aircraftlog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/1A556B12-616A-40FA-BB2C-175A1349FBE0-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/rv7aircraftlog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/1A556B12-616A-40FA-BB2C-175A1349FBE0-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/rv7aircraftlog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/1A556B12-616A-40FA-BB2C-175A1349FBE0-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 530px) 100vw, 530px\" \/><\/a> \u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/rv7aircraftlog.com\/?page_id=9011\">[&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[Next&gt;&gt;]<\/p>\n\n\n<p><\/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=9022\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  October 29, 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-9022","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/rv7aircraftlog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9022","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=9022"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"http:\/\/rv7aircraftlog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9022\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9048,"href":"http:\/\/rv7aircraftlog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9022\/revisions\/9048"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/rv7aircraftlog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9022"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}