Lexan is wonderful stuff although it does yellow a bit with age. Think of that yellowing as a natural form of shading to reduce the heat in the cockpit on a hot day.
Now for the problem. Lexan has a very much better resistance to cracking and shattering than acrylic which is very good in all but one situation. In the rare event that you should have a bad landing and bend your airplane such that the canopy will not slide I think you might wish that the acrylic had been there and had cracked. A few years ago a Beech 1900 commuter landed at Burlington Iowa just after dark. They collided with a Beech King Air at the intersection of the two runways because of some confusion and lack of communication on the part of the King Air. The sad part is that everyone survived the impact but the door would not open on the 1900 and no passengers were able to exit the plane. There were some people at the crash scene but they were unable to help because they did not have any tools available to cut open the aircraft. Door jamming is a known fault of the Be 1900. My feeling is that Lexan is not the material to use at your exit from the plane. Good luck, Bob Condon __________________________________________________________________________ ______ To unsubscribe from this list please send mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ________________________________________________________________________ Start an Email List For Free at Topica. http://www.topica.com/register
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