AirTalk.org Aviation discussions newsgroups   Archives   FAQ   Search   Memberlist   Usergroups   Register   Profile   Log in to check your private messages   Log in  Adhesive for vertical card compass?          AirTalk.org Forum Index -> Aviators (General Discussions) View previous topic :: View next topic   Author Message greg@noemail.net Guest Posted: Tue May 24, 2005 1:50 am    Post subject: Adhesive for vertical card compass? I was wondering what kind of adhesive to use to reattach a vertical card compass to the windshield of a C172? Thanks, GregM Back to top Blanche Cohen Guest Posted: Tue May 24, 2005 4:31 am    Post subject: Re: Adhesive for vertical card compass? In article <67mdnabrlpDpFQ_fRVn-vw (AT) centurytel (DOT) net>, <greg (AT) noemail (DOT) net> wrote: Quote: I was wondering what kind of adhesive to use to reattach a vertical card compass to the windshield of a C172? Hm...never new that any adhesive was used. Always thought it was a bracket that was bolted or screwed into the aircraft... Back to top Paul kgyy Guest Posted: Tue May 24, 2005 1:52 pm    Post subject: Re: Adhesive for vertical card compass? Don't know about a compass, but I've tried double-stick foam tape on other cockpit items and found that it comes loose in the summer. A car-parts place might have something that's heat-proof. My VC compass is bolted to a bracket attached to the center post on my Piper. Back to top Mike in GR Guest Posted: Tue May 24, 2005 6:38 pm    Post subject: Re: Adhesive for vertical card compass? "Paul kgyy" <phkmn2000 (AT) yahoo (DOT) com> wrote Quote: Don't know about a compass, but I've tried double-stick foam tape on other cockpit items and found that it comes loose in the summer. A car-parts place might have something that's heat-proof. My VC compass is bolted to a bracket attached to the center post on my Piper. The only double stick tape I ever found that really stuck when the chips are down is servo tape from the hobby shop. Mike Z Back to top Icebound Guest Posted: Tue May 24, 2005 8:02 pm    Post subject: Re: Adhesive for vertical card compass? "Paul kgyy" <phkmn2000 (AT) yahoo (DOT) com> wrote Quote: Don't know about a compass, but I've tried double-stick foam tape on other cockpit items and found that it comes loose in the summer. A car-parts place might have something ... Car-parts places have the special glue used to stick rear-view-mirrors to the glass windshield.... it works "okay" in the heat, but it is normally used on metal-to-glass, and I don't know how it would work on plexi. Back to top RST Engineering Guest Posted: Tue May 24, 2005 8:12 pm    Post subject: Re: Adhesive for vertical card compass? But let's get back to the main question. I'm trying to remember if I've ever seen a compass glued to the windshield in a certificated (or amateur-built, for that matter) aircraft. Which one(s)? Jim Back to top tony roberts Guest Posted: Wed May 25, 2005 1:42 am    Post subject: Re: Adhesive for vertical card compass? Why would you want to glue it to the windshield? 1. - the glue may wreck the windshield, 2. - the oncoming plane hiding behind the vertical card may wreck your day - not to mention your plane - AND your newly glued card. Doesn't sound like a plan to me. Tony -- [email]Indiacharlieecho (AT) hotmail (DOT) com[/email] Tony Roberts PP-ASEL VFR OTT Night Cessna 172H C-GICE In article <67mdnabrlpDpFQ_fRVn-vw (AT) centurytel (DOT) net>, [email]greg (AT) noemail (DOT) net[/email] wrote: Quote: I was wondering what kind of adhesive to use to reattach a vertical card compass to the windshield of a C172? Thanks, GregM Back to top John Galban Guest Posted: Wed May 25, 2005 2:07 am    Post subject: Re: Adhesive for vertical card compass? RST Engineering wrote: Quote: But let's get back to the main question. I'm trying to remember if I've ever seen a compass glued to the windshield in a certificated (or amateur-built, for that matter) aircraft. Which one(s)? That's exactly what I was thinking. I've never seen one. The aircraft that didn't have a windshield center post to mount it on, always had them mounted in the panel, or on top of the glareshield. John Galban=====>N4BQ (PA28-180) Back to top greg@noemail.net Guest Posted: Wed May 25, 2005 3:37 am    Post subject: Re: Adhesive for vertical card compass? It wasn't my idea. Before I got the plane the owners took it to an avionics shop and had it installed. Recently it fell off, and now there's a strip of messed-up windshield. I don't see how I can do much worse to it by reattaching it. As far as visibilty goes, why couldn't a plane be behind it wherever it is mounted? Would it be any worse than a two piece windshield with a center post-mounted compass? 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