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Speedy11(at)aol.com
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 Posted: Tue Oct 21, 2008 4:10 pm Post subject: Broken Canopy |
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I recently broke my canopy after I made the final cut to fit it to the fuselage. Long story short - I put too much pressure on the side while lifting it and it broke.
I'm planning to buy a new one from Todd's Canopies. He has two options - clear and tinted. But, his tinted version is darker than the Van's tinted version - which was just right.
I need your advice if you have a Todd's canopy.
Only about 5% of my flying will be night flying, but when I fly at night, I like to see well - I'm putting lots of landing and taxi lights on my RV-8. But, my daytime flying may be too hot if I use a clear canopy. The optics are best on the clear canopy.
If you have a Todd's canopy, please give me your advice on whether or not the tinted canopy is too dark for night flying.
Thanks,
Stan Sutterfield
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| Posted: Tue Oct 21, 2008 4:26 pm Post subject: Broken Canopy |
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Stan,
I'm about a week away from finishing my RV-8 and built it with his medium tint Todd's canopy. He also offers one, as you probably know, which is much darker...too dark to even see inside. I haven't flown my plane but have rolled it out in the dark and it seems plenty translucent for my comfort level. I did get one of his samples and held it up to my eyes while in my car at night and it also seemed fine for driving. B.T.W. a plug for Todd, his word is good. He promised to replace a canopy if I broke it and that's just exactly what he did. I feel your pain man!!! I broke mine while using the provided pop rivits to install it. One pulled through the drilled hole in the frame and expanded in the canopy...ouch! On my second one I used a few screws and sikaflex. Worked great! My two cents worth...
Dennis Flosi
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| Posted: Tue Oct 21, 2008 4:26 pm Post subject: Broken Canopy |
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Stan C
I have a clear Todd's Canopy. I'd recommend the clear unless you live in places with extreme heat. With the clear you give up some sun/heat protection during the day but your twilight and night visibility with the clear canopy is much better. Besides C you can always add a removable shade cover (e.g. http://www.kwikshade.com/index.html ) to the top of a clear canopy for those hot summer days. You can't add a clear area to a tinted canopy!
Al Thomas
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From: Speedy11(at)aol.com
Date: Tue C 21 Oct 2008 20:09:28 -0400
Subject: Broken Canopy
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I recently broke my canopy after I made the final cut to fit it to the fuselage. Long story short - I put too much pressure on the side while lifting it and it broke.
I'm planning to buy a new one from Todd's Canopies. He has two options - clear and tinted. But C his tinted version is darker than the Van's tinted version - which was just right.
I need your advice if you have a Todd's canopy.
Only about 5% of my flying will be night flying C but when I fly at night C I like to see well - I'm putting lots of landing and taxi lights on my RV-8. But C my daytime flying may be too hot if I use a clear canopy. The optics are best on the clear canopy.
If you have a Todd's canopy C please give me your advice on whether or not the tinted canopy is too dark for night flying.
Thanks C
Stan Sutterfield
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| Posted: Wed Oct 22, 2008 8:34 am Post subject: Broken Canopy |
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Thanks to all who responded.
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