Thread: Making a Canopy
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Old January 22nd 14, 10:57 PM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
Craig Funston[_2_]
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Default Making a Canopy

On Wednesday, January 22, 2014 1:00:27 PM UTC-8, Dave Nadler wrote:
Please make a video; we are all looking forward to

seeing the demolition on YouTube...


Just be glad you're not doing a Libelle or something where you can't lay the canopy blank over the cockpit to mark something close to the net shape. The biggest problem with canopy work is the high cost of failure. The advice to work with warm materials, use an abrasive cut-off wheel and have the frame locked down on the fuselage when mounting the plastic is critical. Beyond that it's just a myriad of details.

Hope all goes well,
Craig