Focus Canopy Painting

[s.vannostrand at kodak.com]

I have to back up poor Bill.  It appears no one has seen a problem with 
melting canopies, even Tony Stillman from Florida.  However, I had the 
smoke tinted canopy from a giantscaleplanes.com Edge 540 melt and my 
friend with a 33% Aeroworks Edge had his black canopy literally collapse 
here in Texas.  Both these happened before the dog days of summer. 
  Maybe some plastics are weaker than others, but there is no doubt that 
this can be a problem in Texas.  In both cases, new canopies with lighter 
tinting worked fine.

I'm glad no one else has experienced this.  It's no fun to see that happen 
to a brand new model.

--Lance





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In a message dated 3/20/03 9:34:11 AM Pacific Standard Time, 
av8tor at flash.net writes:


I've painted the inside of canopies pure black (not tinted) and never had 
one melt or deform in anyway.  I use to take black Sig Dope and brush the 
inside of the canopy.  From the outside of the canopy it shines as if it 
were molded black and brush marks wouldn't show as the outside clear 
plastic acted as a clearcoat without the mess....


Trust me, if you paint it black and set it out in the sun it will get HOT, 
some plastics may handle it better than others, but it will get hot, I'll 
bet so hot you can't touch it.  I've done it and got away with it, but 
I've also seen them melt/deform so be careful.  The shame of it is that I 
like the looks of a black canopy, both on the ground and in the air, but 
having seen a couple deform I've decided against black.  Ya' paints yer' 
canopy and ya' takes yer' chances.

Bob

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