Today I worked again on the canopy. After having taken the canopy of the fuselage, I redid the rollbar protection, marked the center of the rollbar and installed a 1" woodblock on the rollbar. When the canopy touches the woodblock it is ready to be cut in two.



This is the front of the canopy after the first cut, I had to cut a bit more to get a better fit.



Before doing that, I marked the cut line on the rear window. I was very conservative on this.



A picture of the two parts I cut off the front of the canopy, the cut line for the big cut can now be made.



After the umpteenth installation on the fuselage, the cut line is marked with two adhesive tape lines.



I used a box and some foam blocks to maintain the two parts of the canopy to avoid them falling after the cut. It worked very well.



Cutting time. I first made a shallow cut on the whole length, then I cut the two sides before finishing the center. Each time a small length was done, the two parts where taped together with some ducttape.



And the result after ten minutes of cutting.



After sanding I put the two parts back on the fuselage. It seems to look good. Next operation will be fitting the forward part to the canopy frame.