cnbhome you are right on the money I had this question in the warbirds thread and I finally hit the pay-dirt when justrfb posted a link and I found this comment from the unknown owner of the site. check out this web site it is truly amazing he has video of pilot head moving from side to side then canopy closes so real wow

http://members.optushome.com.au/gjmustang/index2.html

[QUOTE]I ended up with converting a S133 micro servo to a winch and pulled the canopy open and close with wires and pulley-blocks. (Sometimes scale builders punish their minds for weeks to finally find out that the real thing uses simple systems as well )" [/QUOTE ]

There is always hope