With a couple of projects now off the workbench, its time to return to the PIK20 to finish the fuselage outfitting & canopy.
So.. looking at the cockpit coaming, it was evident that both sides had been nibbled by a previous owner, so a decision was needed as to whether to build the coaming width back up to the original width, or reduce to a uniform width.
I chose the latter, so after marking a new line, I attacked the coaming with a half round file to arrive at a better shape.
Next job was to fabricate a canopy frame, so I started with a solid 3 part 3mm Liteply base & added a doubler strip around the edges to give a bit more canopy glueing area.
Although the previous owner had fitted a solid canopy frame without a pilot, the plan is to remove the central area of the initial canopy assembly build to make a recessed pan which can then be equipped with instrument binnacle, seat, full length pilot etc.
In order to be able to get at the pilot after glazing the canopy, I plan to make the bottom of the pan removeable, but alternatively I could go the whole hog & make the bottom of the canopy frame completely open, fitting everything into the fuselage itself - watch this space to see how this develops
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