Jeff1smith
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Have had a small round electric dehydrator in a Cessna 206 for years. It is a dehydrator, not a heater, although when you put your hand on top you can feel some heat. I would guess 90*.
Put it in the RV8 for the past few months in Port Angeles, WA w/o any thought.
Went to go fly today and noticed that the acrylic canopy just above my head and adjacent to the front bar was deformed. I am at a lose to explain how it could have got hot enough in there to make the plastic soft enough to dimple. There are two areas about the size of your fist either side of my head that now are sunken in 1/4”.
I am just stumped and incredulous how this could happen. The Cessna has a much bigger cabin the a metal roof, but still, this is a dehydrator NOT a heater. It would be the same as putting in a thimble of bleach into the washer and then finding all your clothes are streaked.
The canopy is functional but I am just getting ready to have a $$$ paint job done and a dimpled canopy just ruins the lines.
Anyone have any idea if anyone has the skill set to perhaps reheat this and smooth it out or any other ideas? A new canopy just wasn’t in the plan...but then when does the plan ever work...
Put it in the RV8 for the past few months in Port Angeles, WA w/o any thought.
Went to go fly today and noticed that the acrylic canopy just above my head and adjacent to the front bar was deformed. I am at a lose to explain how it could have got hot enough in there to make the plastic soft enough to dimple. There are two areas about the size of your fist either side of my head that now are sunken in 1/4”.
I am just stumped and incredulous how this could happen. The Cessna has a much bigger cabin the a metal roof, but still, this is a dehydrator NOT a heater. It would be the same as putting in a thimble of bleach into the washer and then finding all your clothes are streaked.
The canopy is functional but I am just getting ready to have a $$$ paint job done and a dimpled canopy just ruins the lines.
Anyone have any idea if anyone has the skill set to perhaps reheat this and smooth it out or any other ideas? A new canopy just wasn’t in the plan...but then when does the plan ever work...