Started a Super-sportster 60 kit & finishing up the fus. I want to tint the canopy. How do I do it? I am thinking about putting a Super Tigre .75 in it. Will the plane handle it ? I figure I can always fly at half- throttle.... ---- NOT !!! Too much hore power is just right !!!!!!

I just read the thread.. That's horse power!!!! I little letter sure can change things!!!!!!

Rit dye in a pan full of "almost boiling" water. I did that to the canopy for my Schweitzer I34, first black (came out grey) then red, and got a tremendously deep ruby red canopy!

I think both wordings are right

I have also used Rit in the past - Works well.

Pactra makes spray tint. I prefer the Testors. I think the Testors is marketed under Model Master or something. Tower has it.

How long do I cook it?

It depends on the formula of the plastic. Cut off a few pieces of scrap and experiment first in short intervals. In my experience you get some tint very quickly (1 minute) but need increasingly more time in the vat to darken it further and further (10 minutes). Definitely experiment!

Some of the plastics used for canopys won't take the dye at all and need the tint spray. A fun thing to do it to take your APC props and dye them too to match the plane.

Check out this link I use this on the ones I have works great [link=http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/fb.asp?m=1897985&key=]Tinting[/link]

My puter always seems to freeze up after going to some of these old posts then back again???
I see them using the black and blue mix, I have never tried that. I have always used A matching color like red or yellow to match my main cover color. I have tried both ways and still had almost no tint. Sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't, even with some very old kits.
I will give the black and blue A try next time. Finding the dye in anything but the liquid form is not an easy thing to do these days. Progress!!!!!!!

Rit dye, and add salt (a bunch) to the water. If the water is too hot, the canopy will buckle, so with salt you can use just-warm water and more time to get the color depth you want.

I looked up my notes and have a more specific answer.
Water 110 degrees.
3 bottles of dye to 5 gallons of water.
2/3 cup of salt to 5 gallons.
I use green, and it comes out gray.
With this setup, you can be done in 20 seconds, so you have to check it frequently.
With room temp water and less salt the process can take days, so you are less likely to overdo it.