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- From: svoboda@rtsg.mot.com (David Svoboda)
- Subject: Re: Attaching canopy to fuselage
- Message-ID: <1993Jan9.001716.13279@rtsg.mot.com>
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- References: <79381@hydra.gatech.EDU> <73097@cup.portal.com>
- Date: Sat, 9 Jan 1993 00:17:16 GMT
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- In article <73097@cup.portal.com> sbixby@cup.portal.com (Steven W Bixby) writes:
- |
- |>I am just finishing a Super Sportster 40. The last thing that I need to do
- |>is glue the canopy to the fuselage. The instructions mention using CA glue
- |>but I was wondering if epoxy or some other glue might be better. Also,
- |>should I glue the canopy to the monocote or should I cut the monocote where
- |>the canopy touches the fuselage? I would appreciate any advice or personal
- |>experiences.
- |
- |I would choose to use thin CA, very sparingly and slowly. The idea is to
- |let the minimum amount of glue dry completely before adding more to a
- |joint - otherwise, the fumes from to-quickly-curing glue will fog up the
- |canopy.
-
- If you use oderless CA, like "UFO", you will not craze the plastic.
-
- My favorite method is to cut the covering (if plastic) and use "RC-56"
- glue. You can make a nice bead, and it looks great. (But careful about
- your fingers--the stuff actually softens the canopy plastic temporarily,
- and you can leave a permanent fingerprint if you're not careful.)
-
- |If you stuck down the monokote well, it will make a great gluing surface
- |for the canopy - if you tacked the edges and used a heatgun to shrink
- |the center flush (no scratches, etc), then I'd suggest using the iron
- |to firmly tack at least the area where the canopy will touch before
- |gluing.
-
- That also goes if you plan on cutting away some of the monokote--tack
- it down around the edges of the cut before gluing down the canopy.
-
- I *always* tack Monokote to all wood it touches. If you sand well, and
- vaccuum it after, and use a sock on your iron, it looks fine. And it
- doesn't sag so easily.
-
- |If you want to trim back the monokote under the joint, you'll know the
- |joint is as strong as it can be, but it looks a little messier, IMHO.
- |But you can keep it neat, and just use a trim stripe over the joint
- |to finish it off; something I'd do for plastic-to-monokote, too.
-
- Always looks better if you trim the glue joint, no matter what method
- you use.
-
- Dave Svoboda, Palatine, IL
-