I haven't flown a plane yet with a canopy yet, but I have seen a few around the field. The only thing I find more annoying than a plane without a pilot is a plane without a cockpit..... The larger Yaks and such with big bulbous canopies open clear down through the fuselage just irks me.... You can't tell me that somone can't build a cockpit and a pilot that doesn't weigh anything significant.....or at least sheet the bottom so you can't see the planes guts....