Canopy Making

[steven yampolsky]

There are people that can make your controls(Tom Morris for example), there are people who offer laser cut short kits. Is there someone who has canopy making services? I am thinking of putting together a short kit offering and would like to give folks instructions on where to order the canopy from.

[Dave_Trible]

Steven,  I believe Sig will still do short production runs.  Give them a call.  I make my own but am not producing for others.  Sig used to mold on about any balsa block mold you sent them.

Dave

[Kenny Perkins]

Park Flyer Plastics (Keith Sparks) makes the canopies for the Al Rabe planes.

[Mark Scarborough]

as I recall someone on here bought all of Bill Sawyers canopy molds and tooling,, ( windancer models)

[EddyR]

Bill Little has the Sawyer things to build canopy's ,I think

[Balsa Butcher]

The Sig canopies...WWII style and teardrop, are remarkably versatile and are manufactured in varying lengths. I have found that with some creative trimming they can be used to duplicate canopies on everything from a Jack Sheeks Ryan SC to an SV-11. Using only the front gives you an open cockpit windshield, using the rear portion gives a sleek stunter look. Whole they can be a modern aerobatic monoplane or a P-51, halved they fit onto a rounded turtle deck. I'd take the easy route and find a size and trim pattern that will work and use that recommendation in the short kit.

[Jim Hoffman]

I recall that Eric Rule at RSM can mold canopies