I puzzled for a while about what to do for the forward fuselage structure, the canopy structure, and their respective skins. Changing course on a project inevitably leads to some uncertainty, and that uncertainty is a killer for progress. Anyway, I temporarily installed the canopy popup tipup arms and just kind of evaluated the two structures and tried to get a grip on what plan of attack to take.

However, after a while I decided to call it quits. Here's a view from the front of our house. There are a bunch of major fires burning in CA right now, and the smoke is so thick it almost blots out the sun. I headed in for better quality air.