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Location: Montréal

Posted: Fri Apr 02, 2010 6:10 pm Post subject: Cracked canopy

Hello again Gents

  

  First : Time: 07:59:57 PM PST US

From: Linn Walters  <[url=wlmailhtml:{607964B9-EA69-4D98-AAC1-72F1BAB281EE}mid://00000129/!x-usc:mailto:pitts_pilot(at)bellsouth.net]pitts_pilot(at)bellsouth.net[/url]>

: Something I didn't want to  see

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 Thanks for the info Linn,  greatly appreciated..

  

 Today I talked with Jeff at Aero Plastics ( Van's supplier ) and he told me  first to stop the crack by stop drilling it up to 3/16 of an inch otherwise the  crack will keep on cracking ( seem like a big hole to me  but he 's the pro  ) 

  

 Second: he told me to use a  Solvent type called '' Well Done 3 '' which comes  with a needle type applicator to help in putting the glue right in the  crack.

  

 Third:: He told me to put a  doubler on the bottom 3 inches of the crack and to bond it with Gorilla Super Glue so it could be kept  closed...

  

 Is the above procedure  something familiar to some of you and does it sounds like something you have  done or will do ??  

  

 Thank you for your  imputs..

  

 Bruno  Dionne

 rv4(at)videotron.ca (rv4(at)videotron.ca)

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Posted: Fri Apr 02, 2010 6:25 pm Post subject: Cracked canopy

Bruno wrote:  	  Quote: 	
		           Hello again Gents

    

    First : Time: 07:59:57 PM PST US

 From: Linn Walters <[url=wlmailhtml:%7B607964B9-EA69-4D98-AAC1-72F1BAB281EE%7Dmid://00000129/%21x-usc:mailto:pitts_pilot(at)bellsouth.net]pitts_pilot(at)bellsouth.net[/url]>

 : Something I didn't want to see

   --------------------------------

   Thanks for the info Linn, greatly appreciated..

    

   Today I talked with Jeff at Aero Plastics ( Van's supplier ) and he told me first to stop the crack by stop drilling it up to 3/16 of an inch otherwise the crack will keep on cracking ( seem like a big hole to me  but he 's the pro )

 	
 Well, as you said, he's the pro. I think you might have mis-understood about the 3/16" drill.  You're right ...... that would be a big hole.  Use a #40 (or smaller) drill ahead of the crack .... so that the crack points to the hole .... (not more than 3/16" away from the crack???) .... so that the crack can propagate to the hole.  Drilling at the end of the crack might cause the crack to propagate across the hole.

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   Second: he told me to use a Solvent type called '' Well Done 3 '' which comes with a needle type applicator to help in putting the glue right in the crack.

 	
 Well, I can understand how you got there .... but its Weldon 3.

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   Third:: He told me to put a doubler on the bottom 3 inches of the crack and to bond it with Gorilla Super Glue so it could be kept closed...

 	
 On my Pitts canopy I glued a thin piece of acrylic across the crack at the canopy edge using ..... either Weldon 3 or it's equivalent.  My glue (actually just a solvent) didn't come with a needle-type applicator, so I used a insulin syringe.  Pays to have diabetic friends.

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   Is the above procedure something familiar to some of you and does it sounds like something you have done or will do ??  

   

 	
 Except for the 3/16" drill, it sounds like what I did ... or would do.

 Good luck, and let us know how you made out.

 Linn

 [quote]    

   Thank you for your imputs..

    

   Bruno Dionne

   rv4(at)videotron.ca (rv4(at)videotron.ca)

    

    

   

   

   

 [b]

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Posted: Fri Apr 02, 2010 6:46 pm Post subject: Cracked canopy

One thing I forgot to mention ..... buy a drill bit made for plastic.  If you can't find a small plastic drill bit grind the cutting edge on a standard drill flat so it can't grab the plastic as it goes through ..... get rid of the chisel tip.  Grind the point so it scrapes the plastic rather than cutting into it, and go slow with little pressure on the bit.

 Linn

 

 Bruno wrote: [quote]         Hello again Gents

    

    First : Time: 07:59:57 PM PST US

 From: Linn Walters <[url=wlmailhtml:%7B607964B9-EA69-4D98-AAC1-72F1BAB281EE%7Dmid://00000129/%21x-usc:mailto:pitts_pilot(at)bellsouth.net]pitts_pilot(at)bellsouth.net[/url]>

 : Something I didn't want to see

   --------------------------------

   Thanks for the info Linn, greatly appreciated..

    

   Today I talked with Jeff at Aero Plastics ( Van's supplier ) and he told me first to stop the crack by stop drilling it up to 3/16 of an inch otherwise the crack will keep on cracking ( seem like a big hole to me  but he 's the pro ) 

    

   Second: he told me to use a Solvent type called '' Well Done 3 '' which comes with a needle type applicator to help in putting the glue right in the crack.

    

   Third:: He told me to put a doubler on the bottom 3 inches of the crack and to bond it with Gorilla Super Glue so it could be kept closed...

    

   Is the above procedure something familiar to some of you and does it sounds like something you have done or will do ??  

    

   Thank you for your imputs..

    

   Bruno Dionne

   rv4(at)videotron.ca (rv4(at)videotron.ca)

    

    

   

   

   

 [b]

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