Cirrus Canopy

I just told a friend, who is not on RAS, I would post a request looking for a Cirrus canopy for his pre-1972 Cirrus.

Any leads or pointers would be greatly appreciated.

Paul Agnew
VP - Treasure Coast Soaring Club
Vero Beach, FL

Possibly still available from Mecaplex. If so, get out your checkbook but you get what you pay for. I got an AS-W12 canopy a while back. It was perfect.

I've heard of people searching out someone who is shipping a glider from Europe and including their mecaplex canopy in the container to share costs.

BTW, is it for standard or "open" Cirrus?

Good Luck,
Scott

I may have a Std. Cirrus canopy mounted in a frame. Contact me at mhutnick at ptd dot net

I'll have Jerry contact you. Thanks!

Paul
Treasure Coast Soaring Club

Talked to him today and he has a Standard Cirrus. He had bought a new canopy and frame, but it doesn't fit right and the guy he bought it from (Todd in Ft. Lauderdale) passed away before he could replace it.

The frame is warped and there's not enough material to remount it.

We had a L-33 canopy at Todd's when he passed away. Ended up getting one from Mecaplex. Money well spent but expensive. Freight was relative cheap we bought an L-23 canopy at the same time to save on shipping.

On Friday, March 3, 2017 at 8:19:08 PM UTC-8, Charles Longley wrote:
We had a L-33 canopy at Todd's when he passed away. Ended up getting one from Mecaplex. Money well spent but expensive. Freight was relative cheap we bought an L-23 canopy at the same time to save on shipping.

I've flown with Mecaplex and a few other manufacturers of replacement canopies. Yet to find a canopy that is equal to Mecaplex.
The Jonker canopy - which I believe is also Swiss - was excellent but the pop-out vent window seemed inferior.
Jim

There is a factory in Czech republic that can make very good cirrus canopies, but freight is the problem.