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Followup on this thread, I had a leak on the Legacy canopy seal at the seam. See photo for pinholes. I only had red RTV so decided to try it with the instructions below. I applied a piece of dacron saturated with RTV after filling the pinholes like a tire patch. I then wrapped the entire area with tape while leaving it pressurized so the fabric would not blow off. After a few hours it set up perfectly with no leaks so far. I think the fabric and RTV reinforcement is a great idea. Paul Legacy, Spruce Creek From: Lancair Mailing List [mailto:lml@lancaironline.net] On Behalf Of John Barrett Sent: Sunday, June 19, 2011 11:31 AM To: lml@lancaironline.net Subject: [LML] Re: Door Seal on the IV-P Hi Bob, I think the response from Mr. Rickard may have originated from this posting in 2010. I have a pinhole leak in my door seal – never flown yet - I hope to repair it next weekend using the advice given below by Mr. Heizer. Good luck with yours. By the way, the RTV is about $30 plus shipping from Aircraft Spruce – smallest quantity available. Maybe you’d like to hold off until I’m done and I’ll ship the stuff to you after I’m sure I’ve got it fixed. Not too sure what the shelf life is for the stuff but don’t think it would be good to keep it around for years so might be better to pass it on. John Barrett From: | | Sender: | | Subject: | Re: Lancair 4 doorseal | Date: | Mon, 15 Nov 2010 21:20:57 -0500 | To: | |
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| The door seal on my ES-P has sprouted several pinhole leaks in the region where the two ends of the tubing are joined together. I contacted the manufacturer, and was told the seal is made from layers of dacron and silicon. This repair procedure is my adaptation of what he told me about fixing leaks
Lightly sand around the area of the leak Clean area with acetone Poke some rtv silicone into the pinhole. I've found that a toothpick works well. I've been using DOW 3145 adhesive/sealant. Let the rtv fully cure Inflate the doorseal with the door open, keep inflated for the following steps Spread a small amount of rtv around the area of the repair, and press a small patch of peelply into the rtv Spread a bit more rtv over the top of the peelply to seal the peelply and its edges. An ice cube works well to smooth out the rtv & peelply combo Keep the seal inflated while the silicone dries
The initial poking of the rtv into the pinhole fixes the leak. The application of peelply keeps the inflation/deflation cycles from reopening the pinhole.
I've repaired numerous pinhole leaks in my plane's seal; these repairs have lasted so far for 200 flying hours...no pinhole has reopened yet.
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