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General control line discussion => Open Forum => Topic started by: steven yampolsky on December 20, 2013, 09:09:38 AM
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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.
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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
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Park Flyer Plastics (Keith Sparks) makes the canopies for the Al Rabe planes.
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as I recall someone on here bought all of Bill Sawyers canopy molds and tooling,, ( windancer models)
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Bill Little has the Sawyer things to build canopy's ,I think H^^
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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. 8)
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I recall that Eric Rule at RSM can mold canopies