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Making Cockpit Canopies

Does anyone have advice on a cheap way of making canopies and multi curvature glazings or a company that can do same ?
I am sure the question has been asked before but I cant find the answers!

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By: smirky - 12th August 2011 at 15:15

yep, (6mm perspex copies). I’m going to make some kind of frame to mount them on top of my instrument panel.

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By: Peter - 12th August 2011 at 15:02

Lanc windscreens?

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By: smirky - 12th August 2011 at 13:01

As luck would have it look what arrived today 🙂

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By: Peter - 11th August 2011 at 17:22

We didnt use heat and we have done two static display lancaster canopies.

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By: ericmunk - 11th August 2011 at 15:00

Airworthy canopies of high quality: www.mecaplex.ch

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By: Banupa - 11th August 2011 at 14:54

Lexan is a trade name for polycarbonate and is supposed to be less likely to craze. You do need to heat it to reduce stresses, or, as we discovered, hairline cracks develop. I had some Auster screens made out of Plexiglass in Canada by a firm called Mac Plastics. I know they also made the blown canopies for Canadian Chipmunks.

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By: Peter - 11th August 2011 at 14:42

Lexan is a little easier and cheaper to work with..

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