Subject: Help for windshields
From: Rotary Engine
Date: 2/3/2011, 11:13 AM
To: AAA Put this in the To box



  Does anybody know of a company that builds
  windshields for experimental aircraft?

  Paul Lamar

  I used my mold, which I learned was a very hard thing to make
right.
  Took three tries before I got
  a windshield you could see through with out getting sea sick.

  Mark K
  MSK6 20B

  What was the problem with your mold Mark?
  I may have to build a mold unless I can find the people
  that made KIS Cruiser windshields in the first place.

  Paul Lamar

  That is a male plug mold. Is that what they wanted?

  That looks exactly like a cruiser wind shield.

  Paul Lamar


Paul...

This is from Todd Silver's website...it may cost a bit more if
you include the shipping, but if you consider the time saved in
making a mold, it may be worth it:

From www.toddscanopies.com :

My definition of a custom canopy is a canopy I haven't made
before. Here are all the ways I've made custom canopies:

          * Full scale 3-view diagrams
          * Builders have sent me canopy frames, and I've made
            a canopy to fit it.
          * Builders have told me where I can go and see a
            canopy installed on an aircraft.
          * Builders have sent me a cracked canopy. In one case
            the canopy was in three pieces. I reproduced a
            perfect canopy for the customer.
          * I've been sent shapes made of fiberglass, foam, and
            plaster of paris. I, of course, reproduced the size
            and shape in clear plastic.
          * Builders have given me a few rough hand sketches,
            some dimensions and a lot of verbal descriptions.
            With that I've produced a canopy they loved.

      I am also willing to form plastic for products other than
      canopies. _*I've put optically perfect compound curves in
      plastic up to one inch thick.*_

Harley

Thanks Harley I might do that.

Paul Lamar

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