Canopy Mounting / Things to Glue

Hi Guys,

I'm excited that people are starting to receive their kits. In the kits I put a note directing people to this forum for questions and tips and tricks. I hope people keep looking here.

As I hear about issues and recommendations from customers etc, I will be posting about them here in this forum.

The first Topic is about something I found from the canopy while flying with Robin and Pascal Lipke the other day.

In the canopy, to support it and keep it from moving there is 2 small foam blocks mounted with Foam Tape that press against the front frame. This is the system that I have been using and have tested for over 6 months now. It requires that you spread a little bit the canopy when putting it on. On Robins canopy when he came back from the flight one of the blocks was missing. I don't think it came off in flight as it is sandwiched between the frame and the canopy so it can't really come out once its on. But I think when he was putting the canopy on her accidentally knocked it off.

So basically
A) make sure you spread the canopy when putting it on,
If you want to be really safe you can even drip a little bit of Super Glue between the block and the tape, and the tap and the canopy.

Also. In my experience the canopy grommets also last a lot longer if you also drip a bit of CA on them. You can glue from the inside carefully while holding the canopy up with the outside surface up and the inside facing down. Just be sure not to use to much and pay attention that it doesn't run to the outside and mess up your finish.

Thats all for Glogo Tips for now.

Thanks guys, and happy building!

Hi Kyle.
Thank you for your first tips. Do you have a setup tip for us? TS and rear gain?

A parameter setup would be cool by the master himself.


THX Matt

Having a already up-to-date VBC - the setup recommendation from Kyle is already implemented ;-)

regards (EN) / Gruss (DE)

Rainer Vetter

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Hi Guys,

I had some customers ask if it is normal that the rear flaps of the canopy overlap when mounted on the heli, and ask if they should be flush with each other.

The canopy is intentionally designed for the flaps to overlap. I found in testing that if you space the tabs to be flush with each other, then due to nitro vibrations, they resonate and chatter quite terribly. Then if you space the flaps far away from each other, the aesthetics of the canopy goes drastically down.

So the solution I decided on was to bring the flaps together so that they overlap and rest on each other. The aesthetics are great and the canopy doesn't chatter like this.

Happy Flying.

Hi Kyle,

My solution on a Logo 550 SE ...





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Rainer Vetter

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Why not just use magnets like the 700 or the small square magnets you used to sell that I had on my 550?

With my experience with the vibrations from nitro was nearly impossible to find a glue that would hold the magnet in place.

The overlap is fool proof, functional, and effective.

Others are free to experiment as they please however.

KD

Hi,

My solution on a Glogo 690 ...

LMT 6 mm gold connector



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 02/07/2019 10:59AM by Sky.

Good day from the US - are there any canopy quick-releases that are available for the GLOGO (Mikado or other)?

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