Solar Panel Fixing

[trevskoda]

From a old post on here, glue I'm not so sure about.

 

[Deleted member 86180]

To my knowledge they weren't glued together on someone's driveway in varying conditions and on unknown paint quality....

To be honest I think the only issues they had with ww2 mosquitos was in certain climates where the resident insects consumed the glue used.

My father repaired them (a Sgt Chippy) his RAF text books came in handy when I built an MW6t. I used the same glue (lactose based). The PFA inspector I used insisted on sample birch ply joints (both scarfed or otherwise) being kept in jam jars of water every time I mixed a new batch of glue. I had to date them and test them annually over a few years. Never a problem. The only real problem was a fungal growth which by the time I was building had been sorted with a coating of red fungal dope.

 

[Deleted member 86180]

Wow, sold this around 2007/8, it was red with a white flying surfaces then, it also had a Rotax 582 twin ignition top of the range engine, looks like someone made some money along the way by selling it and attaching a pretty old school Rotax 503?

https://live.staticflickr.com/4193/34615502496_b97f3ac9be_k_d.jpg

 

[Deleted member 86180]

Even stranger, just looked up it’s now based at Carrickmore airfield in NI about 26 miles from where we are right now. Might be worth a swerve by tomorrow before heading south

 

[QFour]

I used 3 x 50w panels because I didn't want to mount one at the very front. I used Sikaflex to glue 3 x 15mm square aluminum tubes to the roof and then pop riveted the semi flexible panels down the edge. Easy to remove if I have to as only have to drill the pop rivets out and panel will come off. The 15mm tubes give a ventilation slot under the panel. The panels don't stick up to high. They are still attached after a blast round the M25. I fitted a piece of trunking in front of the forward panel as a wind deflector. Don't know if it's needed as panel very close to roof. Been working fine last few days.