Bill Phillips
Well Known Member
I am triming my RV-8 canopy in prep for gluing with Sikaflex. I helped Tony Patti glue his canopy last month. I saw with his canopy that at the rear sides about where the rear pax shoulder would be that the canopy pulls out on both sides about an inch or more. The question is should I clamp that down to the 1/8 distance before applying the Sikaflex? Tony did not and he's having a fit with his skirts. Seems to me that if I was rivetting the sides to the frame I would be pulling the rear sides in so it seems I should with the Sikaflex, but will it hold with the canopy always wanting to bulge out on both sides? I can always put in a few rivets there, but I would prefer not to. Thanks for your help, Bill of Georgia