At the risk of reviving unhappy memories, and in the spirit of wishing to benefit from the unhappy experience of others, I want to ask those who have cracked their canopy during install exactly how they did it.
My name is Bill and I cracked my canopy.
Last summer I got as far starting to trim the uncut slider canopy edges (the very first step!), had clamped the canopy to a tabletop, started to cut the thing, the canopy slipped and fell off the edge of the table enough to put a twisting weight on the remaining clamps and freshly and partially cut edge, resulting in an awful cracking sound and a ten inch crack.
Fortunately the crack was only in the windshield portion, and Van's canopy supplier - great people to deal with - very kindly supplied a "windshield only" replacement for far fewer dollars than a new canopy.
By the time I got back to thinking canopy the weather was turning cold, but here it is summer again, and time to finish it.
I am sure that I am the only one who has cracked a canopy without even drilling a hole in it - but how have others cracked the canopy?
Bill Brooks
Ottawa, Canada
RV-6A finishing
My name is Bill and I cracked my canopy.
Last summer I got as far starting to trim the uncut slider canopy edges (the very first step!), had clamped the canopy to a tabletop, started to cut the thing, the canopy slipped and fell off the edge of the table enough to put a twisting weight on the remaining clamps and freshly and partially cut edge, resulting in an awful cracking sound and a ten inch crack.
Fortunately the crack was only in the windshield portion, and Van's canopy supplier - great people to deal with - very kindly supplied a "windshield only" replacement for far fewer dollars than a new canopy.
By the time I got back to thinking canopy the weather was turning cold, but here it is summer again, and time to finish it.
I am sure that I am the only one who has cracked a canopy without even drilling a hole in it - but how have others cracked the canopy?
Bill Brooks
Ottawa, Canada
RV-6A finishing