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1. 03:50 AM - Re: Canopy Skirt Attach Seal (Don Miller)
2. 06:48 AM - Canopy Skirt to Plexi (Jerry Wilcox)
3. 07:26 AM - Re: Canopy Skirt Attach Seal (Greg V. Miller)
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| Subject: | Re: Canopy Skirt Attach Seal |
--> RV8-List message posted by: Don Miller <millerdon@voyager.net>
Edward O'Connor wrote:
> --> RV8-List message posted by: "Edward O'Connor" <edwardoconnor@compuserve.com>
>
> I am geting closer to attaching the skirt to the Plexy and Frame. What have
> others used to seal between the skirt and the plexiglass? Is it necessary
> to put some kind of selant between the two to keep water from seeping in
> while sitting on ground or can I seal with some kind of non RTV along the
> skirt/canopy junction after riviting it to frame? Searched archives but
> couldn't find a reference to this.
> Ed O'Connor/N366RV/Panama City Fl
>
Ed & list -
If you are like most of the -8 builders I know, you will find the canopy skirt
to be
one of the more annoying tasks in the project. Just work steadily, keep your cool,
resign yourself to a significant amount of cutting/fitting/sanding, and you too
will
wind up with a nice fit and a good seal.
I had to cut the skirt in half and re-join it at the aft end. Cleco'd the skirt
to
the frame, sanded the aft-most point to a nice curve, and then started the glass
work. I simply used a small amount of moulding clay to fair the canopy track to
the
curve of the skirt, applied shipping tape over the clay, and smeared a lot of
release agent over the tape and on the areas of the fuselage where the skirt will
sit with the canopy closed. (I would have applied tape to these areas too if I
knew
then what I know now; the fit you get is so tight that a layer of paint makes a
big
difference in tightness!) I then mixed a generous amount of Gougon resin and
microbaloons to a peanut-butter consistency, applied it to the skirt where there
were gaps between the fuselage and skirt, closed the canopy and watched the resin
ooz to the exact shape of the fuselage. It perfectly closed a 3/16" gap I had
on
the left side. The following morning, I popped the skirt off and started sanding
to
the right exterior shape. A lotta work, but you'll love the result. At 200 mph
in
the wintertime, you don't need a blast of cold air on your passenger. Hope this
helps. By the way - when you get to the point of riveting the canopy/frame/skirt
together, examine each rivet to make sure you've got an aluminum rivet and not
a
cs-4! If you attempt to install a cs-4, you will crack the canopy for sure.
Don
N638DM
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| Subject: | Canopy Skirt to Plexi |
--> RV8-List message posted by: "Jerry Wilcox" <jerrywilcox@rogers.com>
Ed; I think you were asking about sealing the canopy skirt to the plexi after it
is in place. What I do is after everything is fitted and rivited I put a strip
of masking tape around the very top of the skirt and another about 1/8" or
so up on the plexi. Then I mix up some of that wonderful fuel tank sealer, remember
that stuff, and use the rounded end of a popsicle stick to smooth it into
the space between the two tapes. It's paintable after its cured and I've had
good success with this on 3 RV6s and 2 RV8s. Just finished and flew 8# 81692
last weekend.
Jerry Wilcox
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| Subject: | Re: Canopy Skirt Attach Seal |
--> RV8-List message posted by: "Greg V. Miller" <gvm@cableone.net>
I used a light weight clear silicon sealant made for windshields. It is
very fluid and weeped into plexi-skirt joint.
I also cut my skirt in half to get better fit-then joined the halves
with a .032 plate. I notched the center canopy rail under the plate and
installed a key lock in the plate.
n89gm, 260 hrs
Greg
On Fri, 2003-05-23 at 23:22, Edward O'Connor wrote:
> --> RV8-List message posted by: "Edward O'Connor" <edwardoconnor@compuserve.com>
>
> I am geting closer to attaching the skirt to the Plexy and Frame. What have
> others used to seal between the skirt and the plexiglass? Is it necessary
> to put some kind of selant between the two to keep water from seeping in
> while sitting on ground or can I seal with some kind of non RTV along the
> skirt/canopy junction after riviting it to frame? Searched archives but
> couldn't find a reference to this.
> Ed O'Connor/N366RV/Panama City Fl
>
>
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Greg V. Miller <gvm@cableone.net>
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