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Brad,
Here is another approach to constructing a canopy window. http://www.soaridaho.com/Schreder/Co...ingwindow.html "Brad" wrote in message ... On Mar 23, 4:30 pm, Tony Condon wrote: I need to make a new section of the canopy on the Cherokee. Its a pretty simple bend, not really a compound curve or anything. But I dont know anything about how to do it. I suspect that I need to heat the plexi up and then weight it to bend, repeat as necessary? Im sure that several of us have been there done that. Looking forward to ideas. Thanks! -Tony Condon Cherokee II N373Y Hi Tony, Quite a coincidence that you would post this today. I just finished installing the slider window and rails in my HP-24 canopy today. It fit well but the window is slightly curved too much and one corner did not seat well. What I did was fire up my propane heater and put some gloves on, then held the window close enough to get it pliable, then held it in place to get an idea of the proper fit, then over bent it a bit. When it cooled it snapped almost perfectly in place. This might work for you! Cheers, Brad |
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On Mar 23, 6:10*pm, "Wayne Paul" wrote:
Brad, Here is another approach to constructing a canopy window.http://www.soaridaho.com/Schreder/Co...ingwindow.html "Brad" wrote in message ... On Mar 23, 4:30 pm, Tony Condon wrote: I need to make a new section of the canopy on the Cherokee. Its a pretty simple bend, not really a compound curve or anything. But I dont know anything about how to do it. I suspect that I need to heat the plexi up and then weight it to bend, repeat as necessary? Im sure that several of us have been there done that. Looking forward to ideas. Thanks! -Tony Condon Cherokee II N373Y Hi Tony, Quite a coincidence that you would post this today. I just finished installing the slider window and rails in my HP-24 canopy today. It fit well but the window is slightly curved too much and one corner did not seat well. What I did was fire up my propane heater and put some gloves on, then held the window close enough to get it pliable, then held it in place to get an idea of the proper fit, then over bent it a bit. When it cooled it snapped almost perfectly in place. This might work for you! Cheers, Brad Wayne, that's excellent! thank you for posting this! Brad |
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neato, maybe ill have to think about putting a side window in. right now
my ventilation is a big hole in the nose with a tube running up to the panel. -Tony Condon Cherokee II N373Y |
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