Monday June 30, 2025
Aft Fuselage Misc, Forward Top Skin Finished, Canopy Installed
(1.0 Hours Aft Fuselage, 2.5 Hours Forward Fuselage)
3.5 Hours Total

Still need some ballast on the back to keep things in balance without the wings and tail, but less than before. I put on the access covers for the move to the airport. I also installed a couple of bolts through the aft-most bulkhead and the tailwheel attachment assembly to make sure they don't move against each other during the trip.

I got the right size socket wrench and socket to disconnect the GEA 24 so we could finish riveting the top skin. These might have been the last rivets on the project?

Then Emily helped me install the canopy. I had to bevel the fronts of the attachment arms a bit to get them to slide in.

I started with drift pins to get it aligned and then swapped them out for bolts.

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