RE: Comp ARF Valiant
The front of the canopy will be held down by 2 3mm socket head screws (12 mm). First job was to make a sleeve for the screw to slide into. One of the sleeves for the 6mm CF rod worked well for this. Starting with a 9mm piece it was shaped to fit in the front of the canopy between the inner top and inner lower lip. A piece of thin fiberglass sheet (used for hatch covers) was glued to the bottom of the carbon tube to provide a solid surface for the screw to pull down on. This was tacked in place with a small amount of 5 min epoxy and the reinforced with epoxy/microballoon mixture.