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Cozy Mark IV : Chapter 18
Canopy & Turtleback
In this chapter you will build a form for the turtleback, build the turtleback and bulkheads, install windows in the turtleback, fit the canopy, build the canopy frame and fuselage top forward to bulkhead F28, and install the hinges, latches, locks and cockpit vents.
Pictures and commentary will go here as the work progresses. See also time and expenses related to this chapter.
- Step 1. Building the Turtleback Form
- Step 2. Construction of Turtleback and Inside Layup
- Step 3. Turtleback Bulkhead and Rib
- Step 4. Contouring and Glassing the outside of the Turtleback
- Step 5. Installing Windows
- Step 6. Installing Hinges on the Longerons
- Step 7. Installing the upper half of the Firewall
- Step 8. Installing the Turtleback
- Step 9: Engine mount reinforcements
- Step 10: Installing the Canopy
- Step 11: Building the Canopy Frame
- Step 12: Carving the Inside Foam
- Step 13: Laying up Canopy Hardware Reinforcements and the Inside Skin
- Step 14: Provision for Removable Fuselage Top
- Step 15: Installing Canopy Hinges, Cutting out Frame, and Installing Drip Rail
- Step 16: Installing the Fuselage Top
- Step 17: Canopy Lip & Instrument Cover
- Step 18: Installing Access Door
- Step 19: Installing the Canopy Latches
- Step 20: Safety Catch
- Step 21: Canopy Handle
- Step 22: Canopy Stop
- Step 23: Cockpit Ventilation
