All that was left to attach the bubble to the frame was the front pulled rivets.
These were the most stressful anxiety inducing pulled rivets so far on this plane. I pulled them by hand to be extra careful. As the stem broke on each one I was convinced I had just cracked the canopy. In the end, NO cracks!
Next on to prepping for laying up the fiberglass for the canopy fairing. They have you wrap this strip in duck tape and attach it to the front top skin in order to form a relief for the future canopy seal. This was kinda a pain in the rear. Duck taping that thin, long .5" wide strip was frustrating.
I persevered and got it attached.
Then the strip and the top edges of the top skin get one layer of duck tape.
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