ORIGINAL: NCIS
ORIGINAL: ram3500-RCU
I'll get you some pictures of the finished plane, when it is finished.
The Flight video as well.
Here is that information on the plastic parts I used. They are made by a US company called Plastruct located in City of Industry, CA 91748. Their part numbers are as follows: Main part is called a Styrene Column 3/16'' or 4.8mm, part# 90545, cat No. HFS-6. The spacer part I added to this with CA is called Styrene Angle 3/32'' or 2.4mm, part# 90503, cat No. AFS-3. They were sold as packages, so I have enough plastic to make about 10 canopy
systems now.
I'll check into them and see what their wholesale price is to see if I can still offer them for the same cost to you guy's.
Thanks,
Barry
www.canopyrailsforwarbirds.com
Sounds good. I can tell you I paid less than $10 total retail for both packages. The I beams are 24" with (5) in a package, and the L beams are 15" and have (8) in the package. That is enough material for maybe 20 sets / canopies.
One other thing that would make things easier, is to attach (this material glues wonderfully with thin CA) the I beam to a thin strip of styrene that is about 1/2" wide or so prior to installing it in the rail. They have all kinds of material for this as well. That makes gluing the canopy to the system much easier. Otherwise, one needs to be VERY careful not to get any glue on the rail, thus gluing the whole thing fast. I used a tooth pick to apply the CA to the beam and the aluminum, after first putting light oil on the rails, and it was tedious to say the least. I had one close call[
]. With the attaching surface already on the I beam when installed, this would be an easy system to use. Very easy.
I would have done the latter, but I already had the rails installed before I realized that this could be done. By then, it would have pushed my canopy out of alignment with the windshield. So I had to glue the aluminum directly to the little I beams without getting any on the rails. Very tricky, as stated.