Canopy Cracking From Rigid Stand Offs

[Sticky Stick]

On my ENV after a few flights I have found the canopy stand offs which steady the canopy cause unsightly cracks on the screen on the outside of the canopy.

I am not the only one as someone else in the club has the same problem with his ENV.

I suggest you guys and girls remove your stands offs. Pull one of the ali sleeves out of the rubber stand offs and use a shorter bolt to bolt back to the front frame. This will loeave you with a flexible bit of rubber on your stand off which should hopefully stop your canopy from cracking.

[rachel]

Thanks for the "heads up" on this one, unfortunatly for me my canopy cracked too and I found that reinforcing it with epoxy glue on the inside where the stand offs touch helped.

Still its very annoying when you spend time painting your canopy as I do ,so I will try your tip.

Thanks for sharing
's Rachel

[sajdek79]

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i've made another for hurricane 550 and will post photos after it'll fully cure(carbon 24h,kevlar 48h)

[del19_82]

I have seen this being fixed by using toilet roll & superglue to reinforce the holes for mounting the canopy. Works a treat


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[sacko]

I have seen this being fixed by using toilet roll & epoxy/superglue to reinforce the holes for mounting the canopy. Works a treat

I do it to all mine after seeing a post by Paul (Raptorheli2). Just smear some £1 superglue on the canopy, place an inch square of kitchen roll ontop of it, smear some more superglue on it, and press it down with your thumb (put a plastic bag over your hand)

Do a couple of layers, job done.

[del19_82]

I do it to all mine after seeing a post by Paul (Raptorheli2). Just smear some £1 superglue on the canopy, place an inch square of kitchen roll ontop of it, smear some more superglue on it, and press it down with your thumb (put a plastic bag over your hand)

Do a couple of layers, job done.

That's the very man that told me what to do . Having seen it at the club a long time ago now, most people in our club do it as part of the build now!