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Building update: The last couple of weeks have been slow going as I have been ordering missing part after part, or fixing small mistakes the previous owner had done. The good news is that for the first time I feel like I may actually be skilled enough to complete the project. I have ordered all of my remaining major components (MGL panel, engine, etc.) and just received my dual Duckworks 6-LED light kit. I am really excited for the power they should bring to the runway.

Last night I jacked up the plane and replaced all the of mandated AN4C landing gear bolts with the proper AN4 bolts.
I started to then work on the panel cross member when I hit a potential mistake again. Either I am reading the plans incorrectly, or I found another building error.

It is relating to SNX-F07-06 (cross tie attach plate). I highlighted on the plans and the airframe where I am reading it to go...can someone confirm. If so, it looks like I will be removing the windscreen and removing more rivets. :oops:

While I am not in front of my plans or my airplane when I reply, it appears to me you are correct. If the instrument panel and cross tie are not in yet then you have some re work to do.

Yea, looks like you'll need to drill out those 4 rivets on each side in order to attach the cross tie. Personally, I'd just leave the windshield off until you're done working on the panel altogether.

It looks like you might be able to use an angle drill to remove them. Alternatively I have dremeled off the shop head and drilled from the backside before. That is probably nuts unless it is hard to remove the windscreen.

As has already been said, you're definitely going to want to remove the windshield if you want to do a decent job of covering/painting the glareshield. I ended up installing and removing my windshield at least 3 times (several attempts at gluing down my glareshield fabric failed). Might as well leave it off as long as possible.

Thanks guys. Successfully removed the windscreen without cracking it last night.

jjbardell wrote:Thanks guys. Successfully removed the windscreen without cracking it last night.

Good deal! The windscreen polycarbonite is super-tough, I took some scrap of it and bent it repeatedly to get it to snap, you'd really have to abuse it to crack it. Very easy to scratch though, and don't get fuel or solvents or loctite near it. The canopy (plexiglass) is the one that's easier to crack.