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Giovanni C When I drill plexi C I heat it to around 120 degrees with a heat gun. I check the temp with a laser thermometer. It seems to stop cracking when drilling or sawing. Give it a test see if it helps.
Pat Reilly
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Subject: RE: Re: Model IV pre-formed windshield
Date: Fri C 10 Oct 2008 02:49:56 +0000
.ExternalClass .EC_hmmessage P {padding:0px;} .ExternalClass body.EC_hmmessage {font-size:10pt;font-family:Tahoma;} Check with a local comercial glass installer and see if they can get it for you on one of their shipments. Probably get it for a good bit less. Also C if you can get it in 4X10 you will have enough for the next time you want to change it also. Jim Chuk Kitfox 4 building Mn
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Called about a 4x8 sheet today and it was $213 until the next shipment when it will go up again. The preformed is going to cost about $500 to buy and get here. I have replaced three of the non-preformed ones in the last 1.5 years and it is growing old. The first one broke after being on for several months but never flown. It was the old rhino 0.125 that came with the kit in the 90s. The next two were plexiglass not lexan so I guess I was asking for it with those. I want something that will last a long time and look nice.
Anyone else??
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| Posted: Fri Oct 10, 2008 5:56 pm Post subject: Model IV pre-formed windshield |
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Malcolm - if the cracks are large (pick up with a fingernail) I have seen people drill a small hole at the end of the crack as to terminate it, I don't know that I would use acetone as even standard gas will craze the lexan on a warm day.
If I were you I would just replace it with a new lexan screen. It is quite an easy job and only takes a couple of hours. I got really good at it as mu=y panel tank on my previous Kitfox had a filler right in front of the windscreen - On hot days I would sometimes splash some gas on the screen while filling and this immediately crazed the lower part of the screen. After about three I ended up removing the panel tank filler and only filled the wing tank!
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I have a mod 2 w/ Lexine it is starting to crack /craze? around the top outside edge neer the sharpest bend my a-n-p suggested a dab of acetone to stop the cracks? but there is at least 30 of them on each side.the Lexine is at least 8 years old and still looks very good probably because of the way I clean it. any suggestions on how to keep the cracks from getting any worse? Malcolm Michigan
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Date: Thursday, October 9, 2008, 11:25 PM
It has to be trimmed to size and it is formed from Acrylic . It is hard and quite brittle but once fitted correctly is optically clear and distortion free.
Minor scratches that develop can be polished out so this is quite a benefit.
Mine is also tinted - damn I'm going to have to fit it now!
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What Chemistry is the LP Aero? Does it have to be trimmed at the edges?
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