Title: fuselage vertical closeouts
I'm planning to get the canopy skirt glued on in the next day or two, and once that happens, I won't be able to open teh canopy for a couple of days while the sika dries, so it seemed like a good Tim ego wrap up a couple of things in the cabin while I could still get in there. To that end, I match drills the inside of the canopy horizontal rails for the lower skirt braces, then I finished the brace angles. I don't remember the part numbers of these things, but they are the long strips with all the lightening holes in them that go right above the canopy roller tracks and tie the lower portion of the skirts into the canopy frame and make the skirts more rigid. I was able to do this sitting inside the airplane with the canopy closed, but I forgot to get any pictures. I then final deburred and primed the braces, and will paint them white to match the frame. I also final installed the F-704K vertical cap strips. NOTE- for anybody who might be reading this; Way back when, I followed the example of other folks by beefing up the armrests. Specifically, I added another piece under the lower horizontal flange so that they hopefully wouldn't bend if people use them to lever themselves up out of the cockpit. This now caused me an issue, because the extra flange was in the way of one of the rivet holes common to the vertical cap strip and the F-704 C&D center section vertical members. Fortunately, I was able to get in there with a wedge shape and pull at an angle and got the rivets to set without issue. However, I could have saved myself the hassle if I'd just tapered that extra piece to give myself a bit more room


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