On Jul 27, 6:25*am, RN wrote:
Looking for information and feedback from anyone who has found a good
method or source for printing or having printed replacement placards
for an aging glider when no longer available from the manufacturer.

John

I had the same problem and tried many fixes. I finally discovered that
the local trophy shop can make placards much like what you see on
trophy stands. This turned out to be the best fix since the placards
are printed on aluminum and can be made quite small. The shop in Tulsa
charged me $10 for a small one (about 10 to 15 words and 1.5" by 1.5")
and $25 for a much larger placard that had various flight limitations
and speeds (approx 3" by 5" and 6 lines of info). The type/font was
much smaller than anything a plastic engraving shop could do and they
look great. I did bring them a hard copy of what I wanted in the
right font size, spacing, etc. which I created on MS Word. My
placrads were black lettering on silver (aluminum). I don't know if
they could do the reverse (black background with white/silver letters)
but you might want to chect on this.

Thanks - Robert