Canopy - Rivets or Screws

[racaldwell]

Pete,

I make the side skirt curved somewhat so the canopy is not stressed as much as trying to flatten it. I have about 1-1/2" overlap on the sandwich of the two sheets used as the skirt. I do not plan to use anything to bond in there. The canopy can not move unless the screws in the front and back hoops pull out. To help prevent that, I have a rear skirt that makes the canopy flush with the turtledeck. This spreads the screw load across this skirt instead of being isolated around each hole.

You can see the side skirt in this picture.

Rick Caldwll
Xenos 0057

[pschwenn]

Many thanks.