A lot of head scratching, emails to Marty and Vans and some 'reconstruction' have brought our 'karma' a little closer to resolution on our canopy and cowl issues. Yesterday, a friend of ours came over and helped us rework the front portion of the canopy to keep it from contacting the side skins. We looked at some of Marty Santic's photos and figured it was ok to trim the forward portion of the canopy. That also coincided with Van's template,so we figured it was ok to trim some more off. We also filled in some of the gaps with flox, so today we'll probably sand the fiberglass smooth.
Today, we'll reevaluate the stripping that goes between the rear radiator and the cooling shroud; Marty took his off and replaced it with a narrower strip. We also had some problems with the muffler placement, so we had to loosen the exhaust pipes and do some repositioning of the muffler so that the exhaust pipe was more centered in the exhaust port.
I hope that next week, we can put in the 'bodily fluids' into the plane and crank tht bad boy up; that should wake up the neighbors...
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