{"id":1630,"date":"2021-11-22T17:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-11-23T01:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sling2.slantalpha.com\/wp\/?p=1630"},"modified":"2022-03-21T18:09:55","modified_gmt":"2022-03-22T01:09:55","slug":"windscreen-and-canopy-initial-fit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sling2.slantalpha.com\/wp\/?p=1630","title":{"rendered":"Windscreen and Canopy – Initial Fit"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Rivets, wires and avionics are friendly territory for me, compared to where I’m headed now. Fitting the windscreen and getting it bonded in position are tasks I’ve been apprehensive about – extremely<\/em> apprehensive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Manipulating clear acrylic sheet – Plexiglass and Perspex are brand names – that’s been molded into compound curves of unusual size, is just asking for trouble. I don’t like trouble. Dealing with this stuff is tricky, all by itself. Don’t even get me started about cutting or drilling holes in it. Eventually, I’m going to add sticky gooey pitch black marine adhesive caulk to the mix. That could easily lead to – yes, you guessed it – super<\/em> trouble!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The time has come. I can’t avoid it any longer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Because I opted for a factory quick-build kit, it came with the main canopy already trimmed and bonded to its painted composite frame. That’s fortunate because it may well have spared my frazzled nerves just enough to be able to deal with the windscreen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n