Lexan vs Acrylic/Plexiglass - help

[HighWing]

Agree with Jim. My first IV - 1993 came with .060. The new was "upgraded" to .093 and has lots of craze lines at the wing root. Soon, I will go back to the .060. I guess we have a tendency to "upgrade" over time, but I don't remember of a case of the thinner windshield doing anything more than the oil canning described, but I do remember reports of the thicker windshields cracking top to bottom at the wing root max bend area on at least a couple of occasions - one a close friend on a cross country. His emergency solution drill and stitch using safety wire. As far as caving at 140 mph. Not an issue as it far exceeds max speeds on a IV. This is one of the reasons I wish the IV was still available. The vast majority of current builds are 7s and there are a bunch of differences and many decisions we IV and earlier builders are contemplating are unique to those models. And, truth be told, I am still heavily influenced by an old flying buddy who built several IVs - the lightest weighing 604 lbs empty. It was a screamer as far as off airport flying was concerned. .060 Lexan weighs pounds lighter than the heat formed plexiglass.

[efwd]

not to mention a SS7 acrylic will be a nightmare to replace if its source goes defunct. Wish I had that IV windshield if that's all that there is to it to make a new one.
Eddie

[jiott]

That's why we need to support our Kitfox factory and buy as much stuff from them as possible. If their acrylic windshield source ever goes defunct, they will immediately bring a new source on stream.

[Av8r3400]

That's why we need to support our Kitfox factory and buy as much stuff from them as possible. If their acrylic windshield source ever goes defunct, they will immediately bring a new source on stream.

Kitfox's molded acrylic source is LP Aeroplastics, a relative giant in the global aircraft parts chain. They are not going nowhere.

[Esser]

Has anyone made a lexan windshield for the model 5-7? I know the Rans Coyote uses Lexan...