Section 13-Canopy Installation - QuiQue's Aircraft Yak-54S Assembly Manual

Required Tools and Adhesive
• Xacto knife, #11 blade
• Drill and drill bit #28
• Thin/Medium C/A
• Rat-tail file
There are two holes in the fuse, one
on each side, to accept the screws to
hold the canopy in place.
Step 1
Find the locations for the two screw
holes. They are 1-1/2 inches forward
from the back of the canopy hatch
and 5/16 inch below the canopy
hatch line.
Step 2
Use your Xacto # 11 blade and
remove the Ultra-Cote.
See Figure 59.
Figure 59
Step 3
Now slip the canopy in place onto
the fuselage and drill the holes in the
canopy plywood tabs for the blind

Section 13-Canopy Installation

nuts that you will install in the inside
of the tabs.
Step 4
Insert the blind nuts on the inside of
the canopy hold down tabs and
tighten the 3mm screws with the
Allen wrench provided to seat the
blind nuts firmly into the plywood tab.
See Figure 60.
Figure 60
You should run a little thin or
medium C/A around the blind nuts
on the inside of the tabs to help them
stay in place.
Step 5
If you have measured correctly, you
should now be able to insert the two
canopy hold down screws that are
3mm x 20mm into the blind nuts.
Make sure the length of these
screws is at least 20mm. If the
screws do not line up with the blind
nut hole in the canopy hold down
tab, open up the hole in the fuse side
a little with a small rat-tail file until
the screws go in properly.
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