I played around a little more today on my breaks and put together a solid model for the canopy. When I got home tonight I cut out the gas tank shelf and dry fit it until it had a good fit. Of course I cut too much off the back side because I thought that it was interfering with F2 and not letting the shelf sit down flat on the rails that I glued in yesterday. Now I need to come up with a different method to secure the tank on the back side. I think that I will be able to glue a crossmember in between the diagonals of F2 that will sit on top of the rear mounting tabs. I think that the stress in this area would be a forward and upward force in the case of a sudden stop because the tank will want to rotate about the front mounting bolts and tabs. Maybe I will bolt a crossmember to the rear tabs, time will tell. I glued 3 crossmembers on the bottom of the shelf to finish off my evening. The picture with the bucket is my apparatus for bending the fuselage floor. It will probably take a few more weeks before it is the shape that I need.
Number of hours: 3.4
Total hours: 164.7
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