I'm about to replace the perspex window, pilot's side, on my Mk V. After about 12 years and 500 hours it has cracked around some of the rivets, especially at the rear where it experiences stress from hitting the fuel drain when the door is opened in flight.

My question is - has anyone glued their windows in place instead of riveting?

My feeling is that stresses and cracks will always occur around the rivets even if installed according to the build manual. I've found some posts about gluing the small rear windows in using 3M tape but what are the thoughts on gluing the main door windows in, either with 3M tape or a perspex or glass silicon glue?