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Larry Winger's 601XL Project
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Date: 8-2-2009
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Number of Hours: 5.75
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Brief Description: Canopy side covers complete
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When you tackle this part of the project, just brace yourself for the ultimate in "trial and error." As testimony to that fact, realize that I made five covers to get two. It would have been six, but I was able to salvage one part. When I put the canopy in place last night, it was clear that my covers were too rounded, making a bigger gap than the weatherstripping could fill. My strategy on the remakes was to go up from the bottom edge 25mm and make a moderate bend, so the rest of the part could tip in more quickly in order to intersect the front top skin nearly flat. BTW, this is the way the old 601XL side covers were bent, but they were only 70mm tall (compared to the 85mm height I made mine), leaving a gap that had to be filled with weatherstripping. After plenty of tinkering on both sides, I got it to the point where I'm pleased and ready to do final trimming on the forward canopy. For such a little part, these guys were quite challenging.
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Revised shape in place
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Closer view
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Pilot's side cover
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