ceengland(at)bellsouth.ne
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 Posted: Thu Aug 07, 2008 11:07 am Post subject: -7 tipup rear window fitting problem |
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I'm beginning the fit of my rear window (-7 tipup). After the big cut &
trimming the rear window to the plans-specified 1 1/4" outside the top
skin outline, I get a good 'glass/skin fit from top rear to about 10"
back of the roll bar. from that point it looks like the skin is puckered
out, but on closer exam the bottom edge of the window doesn't curve down
& in quick enough & is slightly outside the vertical line of the
fuselage side. The problem is almost identical on both sides. I *might*
be able to pull this in with screws, but my plan is to glue the canopy
and the rear window. I've got misgivings about expecting the sikaflex to
hold against this much stress when it won't be the specified 1/8"
thickness around this curved edge.
Has anyone else seen similar problems, and what did you do? The 1st
thing that comes to mind is heating & re curving the plexi, but the 2nd
thing that comes to mind is needing a new $1K canopy.
Thanks,
Charlie
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