Sailplane Canopy Repair Using PlastiFix

This sailplane canopy has a large crack and a couple of smaller cracks. A new canopy was not available. We use Polyvance's 2504 PlastiFix kit to repair it.

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Featured Product:

• 2504 Clear PlastiFix Kit

Video Notes:

• English Closed Captions have been provided for this video. Click on the CC button to turn them on or off.
• The length of this video is in no way representative of the actual time required to perform a complete repair and therefore should not be used for estimating purposes.

Music Credits:

• "Sage" by Slenderbeats
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English Transcript:

Okay, so, we’re gonna show you how to repair a crack in an aircraft canopy. This is off a sailplane.

We’re gonna repair it using PlastiFix, which is a methyl methacrylate adhesive. And it won’t make the repair invisible, but it will stabilize it so they’ll at least be able to use the canopy since a new one is not available.

Okay, so, here’s the final product - structurally sound. I wouldn’t normally recommend a repair in your line of sight, but this canopy is unavailable.

I started with 320 grit sanding and then ended at 5000 and then polished it using buffing compound and then a swirl mark remover, and that seemed to get it pretty good. I did a one sided repair. You could do a two sided repair, but it’s really hard to polish the inside because of the concave surface, and this is plenty strong.

Your pilot’s head is gonna be about here, you know, looking through this area. So, this is definitely, you know, there, but it’s not any worse than all this other stuff that’s going on inside here.