This evening I attached the canopy frame to the fuselage. I started by installing the upper fuselage skin over the instrument area. I put a screw in every other hole across the top and screws in each hole along the edges and down the side of the fuselage. I installed bolts and bushings thru the gas struts and the frame pivot points. I had to put a washer behind the canopy frame at the left pivot point in order to get the frame to clear the upper fuselage skin. Everything seems to fit just right.
Next I cut pieces of 1/8" thick cardboard to match the longerons on each side of the fuselage. I used tape to hold the cardboard in place.
I lowered the canopy frame down and used clamps to install the spacer blocks between the rear canopy bow and the roll bar structure. I also checked the space between the forward bow and the upper fuselage skin. It is supposed to be 7/16". It is correct at the edges but at the center upper part of the bow it is a full 9/16". I will need to somehow bend the bow so it is at the correct distance across the fuselage.
