Hey guys i had to do some slight repairs after i had the engine stall midway through a finall approach abort last week and i have to reattach the canopy what would be the best way to do this? when it came off it seemed to be held on with glue is there a better way of holding it on? and if not what kind of glue should i use? any suggesteions are obviously welcome thankks guys.


Chris

RC56 glue works real well, you LHS should have it as does Tower Hobbies

bh

I hold mine on with tape. YOu can use black electrical tape or you can go to home depot and a blister pack with an asortment of colors, red,yellow,green,blue,& white.
made by 3M cor.

Depending on the canopy shape I use tiny woodscrews.

Ed S

I normally use wood screws, which enables me to go back inside if I would ever need to.

Austin

If you use E6000, your canopy will never come loose again.

Hye all thanks for the suggestions on putting my canopy back on, it so happens that as i was ponsering these i stubbed my toe on a thing of silicone caulking and a lite whent on in my head. i applied it and put the canopy back on and when it is all dry and cured tomorrow i will let you know how it worked and looks.

Shoe Goo, If you can find it.

Look at this thread. Some good info here, http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/m_68...tm.htm#6843668

This is some great stuff . I used it to glue the windshield on my SlowPoke and once it cured , you can pick the whole plane up by the windshield.

As I said before, use the E6000 and you will NEVER again have a problem with a canopy coming off.

I have had some pretty bad crashes over the years but the canopy glue joint has always been intact.

Try it once and you will never use anything else! Oh, did I say it is also cheap?

hey guys there was no problem with the canopy coming off. I had to pull it off to make repairs to the plane the silicone caulking i use was for doors and windoes just put a small bead of it along the inside of the canopy where it attaches and the smoothed it with my finger and pushed the canopy onto the plane wiped away the excess that squished out and let it cure. no that it has cured it is awesome i lifted the plane by it and it looks great so, if you need to fasten a canopy and you have some extra silicone caulking around just try it.

Thanks for all the suggestions

Chris