St.Kliment

Gentlemen, Appreciate some help on a couple of items. Building a SIG Liberty Sport bipe. How do I make and attach the cockpit windshields. Have tried cutting from some flat plastic and inserting into thin cockpit cowling rubber. Tough to insert and epoxy and keep it in such a thin piece. How to do? Or thinking of cutting forms out of mayonaise jar. At least the curve is already formed.
Is there a place you can buy already made windshields to attach?
Want to put in a fuel filter valve through the cowling to fill gas tank. Big deal to set up?

jetmech05

Don't know about the windows..
but don't use one of those spring loaded, cuts of fuel to the carb when you fill fuel dots...they leak air after a short time and you'll have a dickens of a time finding that leak..(dickens of a time? ) just get a fuel dot that is a fitting, where the fill line passes through the fitting and is held in place by a stopper and friction. When you want to fill just remove line and stopper.

da Rock

2Liter pop bottles will shrink when heated up with a heat gun. Carve and shape a form and heat the plastic over it.

For flat windows, cut the sides out of the bottle and flatten. Or use clear UltraCote.

Also, look at the shape of the plastic drink bottles. A grocery store has 100s of different bottle shapes and sizes. Lots of them have shapes hidden in the bottle somewhere. Scoops and windshields all over the place.

Epoxy is messy. Canopy glue isn't.

St.Kliment

Hi jetmech05, Thanks for the reply. Saw a Sullivan fuel filler valve advertised in Tower Hobby catalog. You think this might do the job?
This is my first R/C model These things are new to me. Thanks.

St.Kliment

Thanks da Rock for your response.

jetmech05

the check valve is what leaks...I just did a search of tower and didn't find what i was talking about..however psp mfg has a site that you can order the fuel dot I'm talking about. And they come in colors too...
Now you said this is your first rc model and things are new to you...have you been flying with a trainer and an instructor?

St.Kliment

Hi jetmech05, Thanks for info on psp mfg. My flying privileges have been taken away from me at age 79. Instructor will be there when it happens.

St.Kliment

Hi abenn, Thanks for the info on the fueling valve. Sounds like a lot of work with the windows. Will need instuctor for sure.

St.Kliment

Hi fhhuber506771, Thanks for the info on the fuel filler valve and the window. Will put it to use.

jetmech05

Good Luck Sir I wish you the very best

Cub Man

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I have used fuel valves from Dubro (large gas one and a small glo one) for years now. Only problem I had was one year at our new year fly it was stiff and would not close but hey there was snow on the grown too.

Jim Thomerson

There is a canopy glue. Used to be called RC 56, I think. It works much better than epoxy. Very thin, strong, and dries clear.

St.Kliment

Thanks Cub Man for the response. Getting a Dubro.

St.Kliment

Hi Jim, Thanks for the response. I'm dealing with a windshield not a canopy. Don't know if that makes a difference. Any idea where you can get this RC56?

da Rock

They're both going to be made out of clear plastic. It doesn't.

Local Hobby Shops

rctrax

I just cut the shape I want out of a empty bottle and use no 2 metal screws at the corners and put some black elecical tape over the joint between thr fuse and the windshield[cut it to about1/4 inch]. that will hold fine

St.Kliment

Thanks da Rock for the insight.

St.Kliment

Hi rctrax, Sounds like a good idea. Worth a try. Thanks.