[NSRCA-discussion] El Nino canopy

[Scott Anderson]

PVA and wax the original then use tooling resin for making the mold or a good epoxy and fiberglass to make the mold then use PVA and wax on the mold and lay-up the new canopy inside..


Scott Anderson
Performance Model Aviation

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Mark Hunt 
  To: NSRCA Mailing List 
  Sent: Monday, December 19, 2005 9:39 PM
  Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] El Nino canopy


  I have seen mild success by using the original canopy as a sort of mold....wax the inside surface then glass it....hopefully it can then be popped out......will certainly have a few pinholes....  I saw this actually work quite well to replicate canopies for a widebody 60.....the glass ones were light too.
    ----- Original Message ----- 
    From: jivey61 at bellsouth.net 
    To: NSRCA Mailing List 
    Sent: Monday, December 19, 2005 8:36 PM
    Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] El Nino canopy


    Ken
    Tape it on the inside with clear scotch tape to close the crack and use canopy glue on the outside. It dries clear. This would be temporory 'till you can get another. You might want to leave the tape inside.

    Jim Ivey
      ----- Original Message ----- 
      From: Ken Thompson 
      To: NSRCA-discussion at lists.nsrca.org 
      Sent: Monday, December 19, 2005 7:50 PM
      Subject: [NSRCA-discussion] El Nino canopy


      I just came home with my new El Nino Saturday.  Today I had the canopy off and was nosing around the inside checking out the setup.

      I leaned over the bench and heard a crack, I had just leaned on the canopy and put a 4 inch crack in it, lengthways on the top.  

      The question I have is, is there a good way to repair it, without using thin CA, because of the fogging that CA will cause?

      Or does anybody have a canopy that they would be willing to part with?

      TIA,

      Ken


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