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12/8/2006 Started on canopy rails 1.0 12/27/2006 Prep'ed and riveted center canopy rail. Screwed it into place. 4.0
12/28/2006 Fit canopy frame to fuselage. Cut rails and drilled in position. 4.0 12/29/2006 Finished canopy rails. Cut canopy to fit fuselage 4.5
12/30/2006 Performed The Cut between canopy bubble and wind screen 2.0 12/31/2006 Started bonding bubble to frame 3.5
1/1/2007 Finished bonding canopy bubble to frame 4.0 1/2/2007 Cleaned excess SikaFlex 1.0
1/3/2007 Marked cut lines for right skirt. 0.5 1/4/2007 Attached rail block. Drilled holes in canopy frame. 2.5
1/5/2007 Marked and cut left skirt. 1.5 1/6/2007 Drilled left skirt and frame. Trimmed side of glare shield. 3.5
1/7/2007 Drilled right skirt. Cut to final size. Bonded skirt halves. 5.5 1/8/2007 Trimmed more glare shield sides. Built up top sides of skirts. 3.0
1/9/2007 Finished building up sides of skirts. 2.5 1/10/2007 Sanded canopy skirt. Removed mat'l on outside of built up areas. 2.0
1/11/2007 Primed skirt and painted glare shield. Masked canopy. 4.0 1/12/2007 Masked off areas around windscreen for fiberglass. Filled pinholes in skirt. 2.0
1/13/2007 Sanded and added more filler to skirt. Bonded windscreen to fuselage. 5.0 1/14/2007 More sanding 2.5
1/15/2007 More sanding and building up 1.5 1/19/2007 More sanding and building up 2.5
1/20/2007 Sanding and building up in back of skirt 2.0 1/22/2007 Fiberglasses windscreen frame 3.5
1/23/2007 More fiberglass around windscreen 1.5 1/24/2007 More fiberglass in low spots 1.5
1/25/2007 Trimmed fiberglass and applied filler 3.0 1/26/2007 Sanded around tape. Added thin layer of epoxy 3.5
1/27/2007 More sanding around tape and another thin layer of epoxy 3.5 1/28/2007 Sanded, primed and painted skirt. Bonded and riveted to frame. Another thin layer of epoxy. 6.0
1/29/2007 Finished the canopy. Removed tape. 2.5 1/30/2007 Misc. rudder pedal work. 2.5
1/31/2007 Empennage fairing, rear wheel, right brake. 3.0 2/1/2007 Left brake line. Bled brakes. 3.0
2/3/2007 Started trimming top cowl little at a time. 3.0 2/4/2007 More top cowl trimming and sanding. 2.0
2/5/2007 Drilled top cowl to firewall 2.0 2/6/2007 Started trimming lower cowl. 3.5
2/7/2007 More trimming and sanding of lower cowl 2.0 2/8/2007 Drilled lower cowl to firewall 4.0
2/9/2007 Drilled hinges between upper and lower cowl 3.0 2/10/2007 Pre'ed and primed hinges. Riveted to firewall and upper cowl. 5.5
2/11/2007 Riveted hinges to bottom cowl 2.0 2/12/2007 Applied a coat of epoxy to fill hole in cowl. 1.5
2/14/2007 No airplane work on Valentines day (or else) 0.0 2/15/2007 Sanded. Applied second coat of epoxy. Installed GPS antenna. 4.0
2/24/2007 Drilled rudder fairings. Made new remote compass bracket. Primed same. 4.0 2/25/2007 Riveted rudder fairings, remote compass bracket. Attached rear seat belts. 2.5
           

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