I have a 7GCBC without a skylight. I'd like to add one. Is this feasible without a refabric job? I see the skylight itself is only $100. Any welding of tabs required?

I'd guess you need to reglue (polytack?) the fabric to the rear spar carrythrough. How to get it tight again? There's a few little metal pieces - buy from ACA or are they simple to make up?

Why would you need to reglue the fabric to the carry through? I would think you'd leave the sunroof over the fabric to prevent leakage, negating the need to reglue it. The pieces of tin are fairly simple, I'd imagine you could easily build them. Also, the wing fabric is separate from the fuselage fabric, so you should be able to do it with issues. Don't quote me on it though. The Citabria I bought had one already.

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im pretty sure the stringers on the fuse run all the way up to the windshield on a non skylight model, i can take some pictures on friday of a scout with a skylight that has no covering on it

Tom

I developed a no-welding skylight for the Taylorcraft, put it on two separate airplanes, and it worked beautifully. I would GUESS there is no reason it would not work on a Citabria but I have never done it, and never had a Citabria apart. It uses Adel clamps and three or four fairly straightforward wooden parts.