I've done the same as Steve (DF4). The access holes are enlarged and I'm covering with either light gauge aluminium or fibreglass covers. But I like the idea of using supaglue to hold stuff in place.
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I've done the same as Steve (DF4). The access holes are enlarged and I'm covering with either light gauge aluminium or fibreglass covers. But I like the idea of using supaglue to hold stuff in place.
Vinyl decals have been used to cover those areas also. John McB.’s personal Kitfox has clear vinyl covers to retain preflight inspection ability.
Ill have a bit if time to study and note all these tips, about 1 1/2 years, order to delivery.
To be honest, I haven't read through all of the posts in this thread so this might have been up before - if it has, please ask the admin to delete it.
I worried about how to manage installing the washers and nuts in the very small space at the rear of the windshield/canopy. I ended up with a system that worked really well - place a magnet on the head of the screw and the washer will stay put just fine. (So will the nut BTW.) Then with long nose pliers and a screw driver the rest is a piece of cake. This picture is of the process, not the area in question: but, if the truth were to be known, I used it in a lot of places today - made life a lot easier.
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Nice idea for a few other "buried" fastener locations on my build. However, for your bolt location, I installed nut-plates thereby eliminating the need to install washers and nuts.
BobRS, KF N104Y, Rotax 914
Albuquerque, NM
Flying 2-years
Another idea in these areas, are Clickbond fasteners. I stumbled on them years ago and used them in areas where I needed a bunch of nutplates and didn't want to use a traditional riveted nutplate (such as the window and windshield installation.) Check them out they have solutions for many attachment issues. Bruce N199CL
Those are very cool. thanks for the post.
Darrel is a clever guy and full of good ideas, keep them coming.