Where does one get a canopy like the race mustangs have?

[SkyvanDelta]

Question is:

Where does one get a tiny canopy like the race mustangs have? Anyone know a website where these are manufactured? Cost, lifespan of such...?

How about the stock bubble canopy on the mustang. Are they available new, cost, lifespan, website...?

[race9]

Re: Where does one get a canopy like the race mustangs have?

The race canopies are specially made for the aircraft. I don't know if anyone makes new stock canopies.

[Apteryx]

Re: Where does one get a canopy like the race mustangs have?

I could have sworn, I've seen them at Wall-mart

[ShermB]

Re: Where does one get a canopy like the race mustangs have?

You are too funny!

[laminar]

Re: Where does one get a canopy like the race mustangs have?

Aircraft Windshield does great work. And they have alot of different tools in stock if you don't already have the tool.

Aircraft Windshield Co.
10871 Kyle Street
Los Alamitos, CA

562 430 8108

[mayday51]

Re: Where does one get a canopy like the race mustangs have?

I could have sworn, I've seen them at Wall-mart

no wind screens....but gun port covers !

[Apteryx]

Re: Where does one get a canopy like the race mustangs have?

no wind screens....but gun port covers !

I know they've always been my aircraft supply store at Reno, (if they only knew, their lawyers would wet themselves).

[Big_Mark]

Re: Where does one get a canopy like the race mustangs have?

The question is if you found a racing canopy for a mustang at wal-mart would you WANT it...

[Randy Haskin]

Re: Where does one get a canopy like the race mustangs have?

The question is if you found a racing canopy for a mustang at wal-mart would you WANT it...

It would probably look like Critical Mass' canopy!

[AAFO_WSagar]

Re: Where does one get a canopy like the race mustangs have?

It would probably look like Critical Mass' canopy!

Critical Mass' canopy actually "looked" really good.. unless you were inside it...

[Randy Haskin]

Re: Where does one get a canopy like the race mustangs have?

I always wondered what it actually looked like sitting in it.

I just know that looking along it lengthwise, it had more ripples than the Pacific.

[AAFO_WSagar]

Re: Where does one get a canopy like the race mustangs have?

Somewhere in the archives here, there's at least one shot that I took from inside the canopy when I visited them many years ago and Tom let me get in the cockpit.. As I remember, it wasn't too awfully bad forward... hard to tell, overall, when just sitting there awestruck actually sitting there...

edit: http://aafo.com/racing/2001/race-10/index.html it's down towards the bottom.. I'll dig through my old files and see if I've got more views and I know I have a larger version of the shot in the article that would show more..

[TWD]

Re: Where does one get a canopy like the race mustangs have?

I always wondered what it actually looked like sitting in it.

I just know that looking along it lengthwise, it had more ripples than the Pacific.

My recollection is that the first one we pulled over the mold wasn't great, but the 2nd one was better. In any case, the boss didn't have any trouble seeing out of it.
TJ

[eagledriver]

Re: Where does one get a canopy like the race mustangs have?

These guys could probably make any canopy you want:

http://www.toddscanopies.com/

[Hawkeye]

Re: Where does one get a canopy like the race mustangs have?

Aero Trader in Chino does canopies.