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Apr 30, 2023 6 Starting to work on the latch levers in the canopy Category: Fuselage
Started working on the latches in the canopy. The first issue I had was that the rivnut puller didn't go all the way against the rivnut for the latch that was NOT attached to the handle (two latches, one handle, one latch operated with a pushrod). In order to pull the rivnut, I had to put a bunch of washers on the pulling shaft (there must be a better word than that!) so that the rivnut stayed in the canopy. Once I did that, it went very smoothly.

Getting the pins in place to hold the latches was also tough. I did a bunch of online research on how to push or drive the pins in place. Ultimately, I did what all mechanical engineers do - I hit it with a hammer. Not hard, but enough to slowly drive it in. That ended up working out well - it was better than trying to use the vice to squeeze the pins in place.

After that, it is just a matter of screwing things into place. Oh yeah, I think I will need to Dremel out the hole for the door handle to go through. I'm not looking forward to that!


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