Hi All
I know this topic has been discussed at lenght before but I couldn't find the info so here it goes again ..
Last sunday on our grass strip , a good friend of mine crashed his Mustang 2 on take off and I had to break the canopy by hand ( a lot thicker than an RV Canopy btw( almost 3/8 '' for the windshield ) to pull them out of the inverted aircraft and when doing so I cut my hands in a few places.
After the fact, it brought back to light how hard it is to break a canopy when it is resting on firm ground with the weight of the aircraft on top of it.It also made me more aware of how hard if not impossible to get out of an RV ( or any other bubble canopy aircraft ) once it is inverted.
I know some of us here are using canopy breaker like we used to have in the Air Force and I would like to know where I could buy a few of them ( some of my friends want one too ).
Thank you for your help.
Bruno
[email protected]
BTW: My friend suffered 7 broken vertabreas and a few broken ribs but he should recover fully. The doctors who operated on him, told him that he was extremely lucky to be alive or not paralysed..
The aircraft is a total loss.
I know this topic has been discussed at lenght before but I couldn't find the info so here it goes again ..
Last sunday on our grass strip , a good friend of mine crashed his Mustang 2 on take off and I had to break the canopy by hand ( a lot thicker than an RV Canopy btw( almost 3/8 '' for the windshield ) to pull them out of the inverted aircraft and when doing so I cut my hands in a few places.
After the fact, it brought back to light how hard it is to break a canopy when it is resting on firm ground with the weight of the aircraft on top of it.It also made me more aware of how hard if not impossible to get out of an RV ( or any other bubble canopy aircraft ) once it is inverted.
I know some of us here are using canopy breaker like we used to have in the Air Force and I would like to know where I could buy a few of them ( some of my friends want one too ).
Thank you for your help.
Bruno
[email protected]
BTW: My friend suffered 7 broken vertabreas and a few broken ribs but he should recover fully. The doctors who operated on him, told him that he was extremely lucky to be alive or not paralysed..
The aircraft is a total loss.