Stjohn's RV-7

2 hours.
lined up and drilled the attach holes for the canopy using the template on DWG 48. I think I get it. But the plans say ‘work carefully’ because they have you drilling holes and cutting slots in the left side skin. I did a great job of measuring and cutting the slots, but of course, in my attempts to file the edges and square them off, I managed to rake the skin with a file.. Should have worked on it from the inside. But I was able to move on to fabbing the bracket for the release handle and ratchet. I skipped a step: I didn’t rivet the subpanel to the fuse because I need to paint the subpanel parts first. I need to get down to B & B and pick up some gloss battleship gray before that happens. Some gray, and some white, because the canopy latch bits are powder coated white from Van’s. There’s other stuff hanging in the breeze, I still waiting on some stainless plumbing fittings from Earl’s, then I can finish the cabin-side fuel system.