Tonight I painted the rear canopy seal, seal retainers. Then I installed the screws and hardware along the back edge of the canopy.
I then fabricated the canopy wear strips and match drilled to the canopy side rails.
I had forgotten to dimple the last two holes on the canopy side skins, but luckily the underlying canopy rail had been countersunk (thanks Dad!), so I could easily dimple the skin in place using my hand squeezer.
Instead of turning the canopy inside down to install the seal retainers, per the instructions, I taped the washers onto the screws. This seemed to work fine, and saved the hassle of trying to flip the canopy over by myself late at night while all my helpers are sleepingWith the tape removed, and the fasteners across the top (zone 1) torquedThe canopy wear strip cleoed into position. These just need countersinking then I can rivet in place.
