I finished the fit of the forward canopy frame to the forward skin.
I ended up with about 0.032″ along the entire joint. I did end up having to put a 0.016″ spacer under the forward channel of the canopy frame to lift the skin up a little bit. Otherwise, the front edge of the canopy frame skin was pushed up by the subpanel a bit and the front edge of the canopy skin would catch on the aft edge of the forward skin when I tried to raise the canopy. You can also see here that I installed a bunch of clecos from the inside to give me a little more room to open the frame. These still stick up too much to allow the frame to open fully though.
This is about all I can raise the canopy before it interferes with the clecos, but it’s enough to ensure everything moves smoothly. Beyond this point, there would not be any interference anyway.
