Needed rear canopy with or without frame for Grob 103 twin. Do all Grob twins use the same rear canopy? Treasure Coast Soaring Club, OBTPCan't help on a Grob, but we can feel your pain. Getting ready to replace a rear on a K-21 at our place.
Needed rear canopy with or without frame for Grob 103 twin. Do all Grob twins use the same rear canopy? Treasure Coast Soaring Club, OBTP
On Monday, October 9, 2023 at 7:47:08 AM UTC-4, [email protected] wrote:was expensive - IIRC with shipping it was close to $4K and I'm sure they've gone up since then.
Needed rear canopy with or without frame for Grob 103 twin. Do all Grob twins use the same rear canopy? Treasure Coast Soaring Club, OBTPRobert Mudd is still supporting Grob (at least he was last year). Best bet is to just call him. When we replaced one about 8 years ago that was damaged in a storm, it was shipped from Germany by LTB Lindner (who are great to work with BTW). However it
You probably know this, but the canopy frames while "similar" are custom fit to each glider and they don't exchange easily; we tried it and found out the hard way. Also when you do the replacement it's best to have the frame on the fuselage otherwisethey twist all out of shape.
P3Thanks, had a good conversation with UH this morning and he headed me in the right direction. We plan on pulling the wings and tail assembly so we can work on the canopy frame and replace the glass. Good thing is that we have some pretty crafty people
On Monday, October 9, 2023 at 12:35:18 PM UTC-4, Papa3 wrote:it was expensive - IIRC with shipping it was close to $4K and I'm sure they've gone up since then.
On Monday, October 9, 2023 at 7:47:08 AM UTC-4, [email protected] wrote:
Needed rear canopy with or without frame for Grob 103 twin. Do all Grob twins use the same rear canopy? Treasure Coast Soaring Club, OBTPRobert Mudd is still supporting Grob (at least he was last year). Best bet is to just call him. When we replaced one about 8 years ago that was damaged in a storm, it was shipped from Germany by LTB Lindner (who are great to work with BTW). However
they twist all out of shape.You probably know this, but the canopy frames while "similar" are custom fit to each glider and they don't exchange easily; we tried it and found out the hard way. Also when you do the replacement it's best to have the frame on the fuselage otherwise
and hopefully will be able to get the bird back in the air ASAP. Old Bob, The PuristP3Thanks, had a good conversation with UH this morning and he headed me in the right direction. We plan on pulling the wings and tail assembly so we can work on the canopy frame and replace the glass. Good thing is that we have some pretty crafty people
On Monday, October 9, 2023 at 3:30:51 PM UTC-7, [email protected] wrote:it was expensive - IIRC with shipping it was close to $4K and I'm sure they've gone up since then.
On Monday, October 9, 2023 at 12:35:18 PM UTC-4, Papa3 wrote:
On Monday, October 9, 2023 at 7:47:08 AM UTC-4, [email protected] wrote:
Needed rear canopy with or without frame for Grob 103 twin. Do all Grob twins use the same rear canopy? Treasure Coast Soaring Club, OBTPRobert Mudd is still supporting Grob (at least he was last year). Best bet is to just call him. When we replaced one about 8 years ago that was damaged in a storm, it was shipped from Germany by LTB Lindner (who are great to work with BTW). However
otherwise they twist all out of shape.You probably know this, but the canopy frames while "similar" are custom fit to each glider and they don't exchange easily; we tried it and found out the hard way. Also when you do the replacement it's best to have the frame on the fuselage
people and hopefully will be able to get the bird back in the air ASAP. Old Bob, The PuristP3Thanks, had a good conversation with UH this morning and he headed me in the right direction. We plan on pulling the wings and tail assembly so we can work on the canopy frame and replace the glass. Good thing is that we have some pretty crafty
Bob, I have a set of G-103 Aster canopy frames, if that would help? I believe all twin Asters canopy frames are the same, but the twin 2 uses a different frame.John, let me check and see if they are adaptable to our bird. OBTP
JJ
On Tuesday, October 10, 2023 at 11:41:44 AM UTC-4, John Sinclair wrote:However it was expensive - IIRC with shipping it was close to $4K and I'm sure they've gone up since then.
On Monday, October 9, 2023 at 3:30:51 PM UTC-7, [email protected] wrote:
On Monday, October 9, 2023 at 12:35:18 PM UTC-4, Papa3 wrote:
On Monday, October 9, 2023 at 7:47:08 AM UTC-4, [email protected] wrote:
Needed rear canopy with or without frame for Grob 103 twin. Do all Grob twins use the same rear canopy? Treasure Coast Soaring Club, OBTPRobert Mudd is still supporting Grob (at least he was last year). Best bet is to just call him. When we replaced one about 8 years ago that was damaged in a storm, it was shipped from Germany by LTB Lindner (who are great to work with BTW).
otherwise they twist all out of shape.You probably know this, but the canopy frames while "similar" are custom fit to each glider and they don't exchange easily; we tried it and found out the hard way. Also when you do the replacement it's best to have the frame on the fuselage
people and hopefully will be able to get the bird back in the air ASAP. Old Bob, The PuristP3Thanks, had a good conversation with UH this morning and he headed me in the right direction. We plan on pulling the wings and tail assembly so we can work on the canopy frame and replace the glass. Good thing is that we have some pretty crafty
Bob, I have a set of G-103 Aster canopy frames, if that would help? I believe all twin Asters canopy frames are the same, but the twin 2 uses a different frame.John, let me check and see if they are adaptable to our bird. OBTP
JJ
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