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Fuselage October 2005 Updates October 11, 2005 Aft Canopy Decks - 1 hrs Trimmed the left and right canopy deck pieces. This is another one of those things you do for the 51% rule. These deck pieces are completely formed, cut and drilled. But they expect you to trim off this small pieces and cut a small slot that would of been very easy to do during fabrication. But with the bandsaw and some filing, its done. Back to bending the other longeron. 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.