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Old 09-28-2007 | 03:19 PM
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ORIGINAL: OzMo

Canopy glue also don't seal your canopy air tight as heating and cooling in the sun can cause deformation.
don't ask how I know

It has for all of mine.

Oh wait.................. You know what........ we got an opportunity here for an "inside tip".

Since I started flying competition stunt way on back, and the airplanes got appearance points, I quit building models that'd have to sit out in the sun with sealed canopies.

I drill some holes through the cockpit floors, or instrument panels, or such. Been doing it since the 60s when my almost perfect (in my eyes at least) Dewoitine 520 stunter's hand drawn canopy buckled.

So..................
If you're going to glue a canopy down tight, don't make a sealed bubble out of it. Drill some holes where they can't be seen to keep the bubble from popping, so to speak.