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Fuselage March 2007 Updates March 13, 2007 Canopy Frame Fitting - 2 hrs Clecoed the turtle deck skin in place to check for clearance of canopy frame. Looks pretty good but I am going to do some more research on what the proper clearance needs to be before I drill anything permenant. Next I thought I would go ahead and get the armrest stiffeners I picked up from Jeff B way back when. When I was at his shop this weekend I noticed he had his clecoed in place so it reminded me about them. I used the rivet fan to drill the same rivet spacing on the fuse sides. Really is overkill for this kind of piece but its done now. Once the stiffener was drilled I used that to match drill in place 4.5 insches from the 705 bulkhead side. Deburred and dimpled This website was built to document my work in compliance with the FAA requirements needed to certify my aircraft. My experiences and comments are by no means to be considered as instructions on how to build any aircraft.