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Worked on the roll bar this morning. I radiused the inner bands so they fit nice in the F-631A channel, then trimmed the channel so the ends were exactly the dimensions called out on the plans. I’m expecting this thing to float around a little and stiffen up when the rivets go on, but I’m desperately trying to avoid the headaches experienced by so many other builders with regards to the fit with the skin, etc. The big angle brackets called out on DWG39 mount the roll bar to the fuse. I made those and after seeing how it works on dwg 40, it’s going to be…. interesting to get them totally flush with the skin on the outside. The thickness of the angle bracket also looks to be similar to that of canopy plexiglass. I get what they’re doing, but this is one of those things that would make lots of extra work and maybe a parts order if I screw up even slightly.
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