Dan: As beautiful as it turned out, I'll heed your guidance. When I get to the point of thinking about a canopy, I'll open up my Heinekens and my checkbook for a pre-made beast.
Thanks, and I look forward to seeing your flight report in the coming days. -- Brian Olson Alpharetta, GA -------------- Original message -------------- > Brian, > > > > We replaced the Lexan with a new one made of Acrylic ( Plexiglass ) 3/16". > The Lexan that we used should never be used for a windshield and I can go > into all the reasons why, off line, if you like. Acrylic cannot be "cold" > formed. So the oven and all the issues that go along with heat forming. The > cool thing about our canopy is that you will never see one exactly like it. > The really not cool thing about our canopy is that you will never find one > exactly like it. Therefore, if anything happens to it, we are toast until I > can build a new one and I don't even want to think about that. You have > brought up some really bad memories and I have tried to put some of them > back on the site, but cannot find all the parts right now. I will look at it > later and post when I have replaced the pertinent parts. > > > > My best advise to anyone thinking of forming their own windshield, is go > have as many Heineken as it takes to make you forget that thought. > > > > By the way, it only took me 7 tries to get is as right as it is. Go to Todd > s web site and read about why he is now selling bubbles. > > > > See N64KR at http://KRBuilder.org - Then click on the pics > > See you in Mt. Vernon - 2006 - KR Gathering > > There is a time for building and a time for FLYING and the time for building > is over. > > Daniel R. Heath - Lexington, SC > > -------Original Message------- > > Did you end up replacing that section > > eventually (and if so, with a different material?) or did you leave it? > > > _______________________________________ > Search the KRnet Archives at http://www.maddyhome.com/krsrch/index.jsp > to UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to krnet-le...@mylist.net > please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html
