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I'm currently re-assembling my fuselage after having covered and painted, therefore this time I am using the proper AN locknuts.  It occurred to me that on the canopy latch if I tighten the bolts shown in section C-C that hold the locking cams, everything is clamped and the locking cams do not rotate. If I leave the bolts loose enough that the locking cams can rotate, then the bolts also rotate when opening and closing the latch and overtime will potentially loosen.  Am I missing something?

Correct, to alleviate this concern i assembled my canopy latch using drilled bolts and castle nuts with cotter keys. no chance of the rotation during opening and closing causing them to come loose that way.

Chris