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Bartman 07-15-2008 08:41 PM

Todds Canopies
 
I just want to put in a word or two about Todds Canopies. I called him June 30 talked to him for about 15min put a check in the mail, Boom! 14 days from the time I put the check in the mail a truck pulls up to my hanger/home. The driver says a got a big box for you, I thought he had the wrong hangar. I had no idea it was my canopie. Great Service

AltonD 07-15-2008 10:36 PM

Now, if we could just get him to make a side-by-side canopy.
I have been pestering him. No luck yet.

sc_acro2 07-16-2008 06:46 AM

Todd did my custom SA750 canopy, He's a good guy. He even sent me a Ball Cap!
Thomas S.

JakeLewis22 02-01-2009 11:35 AM

Side by side canopy from Todd's
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by AltonD (Post 239705)
Now, if we could just get him to make a side-by-side canopy.
I have been pestering him. No luck yet.

I saw one of Todd's canopies on an RV8 a few years ago and was very impressed. Has anyone talked to him lately about making a canopy for an RV7? I plan on calling him Monday but I thought I'd check here first.

Tony Spicer 02-01-2009 01:23 PM

Just takes money
 
Tandem canopies are free blown, while side-by-side are pulled over a plug. Offer to pay Todd for the tooling costs and I'll bet he'll make anything you want. Shouldn't be more than 10K for a good plug.

Tony

craigvince 02-01-2009 10:05 PM

We're planning to use Todd for the Skylark canopies, and they're side-by-side. I'm sure he could be coerced to build 6/7/9 canopies, too.

dav1111 02-02-2009 05:58 AM

Todd's Canopies
 
I installed a Todd's Canopy on the RV-8. It was a really great piece of equipment. If he was making Canopy's for the RV-7 I would ship my Van's canopy back, take the re-stocking fee hit and shipping hit and buy a Todd's Canopy for the RV-7 at the drop of a hat. Would even drop my Van's hat myself.

Noah 02-02-2009 10:09 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tony Spicer (Post 295144)
Tandem canopies are free blown, while side-by-side are pulled over a plug. Tony

Forgive my ignorance, but what does "free blown" mean??

pazmanyflyer 02-02-2009 11:07 AM

Free-blown
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Noah (Post 295387)
Forgive my ignorance, but what does "free blown" mean??

"A piece of glass or plexiglass blown and shaped manually without the help of a mould." - Glossary of Terms,Canada Aviation Museum http://www.aviation.technomuses.ca/c...ns/glossary/#F

vfrazier 02-02-2009 03:38 PM

Todd did a spectacular job for me. I definitely use his services again.


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