Adhesive for vertical card compass?

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I was wondering what kind of adhesive to use to reattach a vertical card
compass to the windshield of a C172?
Thanks,
GregM

[Blanche Cohen]

In article >, > wrote:
>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...

[Paul kgyy]

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.

[Mike in GR]

"Paul kgyy" > wrote in message
oups.com...
> 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

[Icebound]

"Paul kgyy" > wrote in message
oups.com...
> 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.

[RST Engineering]

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

[tony roberts]

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

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Tony Roberts
PP-ASEL
VFR OTT
Night
Cessna 172H C-GICE

In article >,
wrote:

> I was wondering what kind of adhesive to use to reattach a vertical card
> compass to the windshield of a C172?
> Thanks,
> GregM

[John Galban]

RST Engineering wrote:
> 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)

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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?

Greg