Todd's Canopy

[a.cutler1001]

I recently damaged my Todd's canopy on my legacy sonex. Is there any chance anyone out there has a spare they would be willing to sell me since Todd's no longer exists. Unless I can successfully weld the acrylic on mine (which wouldn't look great anyway), it leaves me pretty much no options at all.

[GordonTurner]

I have no information, but I believe I heard someone else took over the business.

[Matt541]

Yes, the Todd's Canopies business and molds were purchased by another company after Todd's passing.

I spoke with the new company when I needed to replace my canopy. The bad news is that the Sonex mold was damaged beyond repair. The good news is that they were willing to create a new one if someone in their area in Florida was willing use their Sonex to create one. But that was over a year ago...

[Scott Todd]

How does it leave you no options? Was the fuselage design changed so much the original canopy and frame can't be fitted? Even if you replace the windshield and frame, you only have to match the turtle deck.

[a.cutler1001]

How does it leave you no options? Was the fuselage design changed so much the original canopy and frame can't be fitted? Even if you replace the windshield and frame, you only have to match the turtle deck.

I would need to replace both the windshield and the canopy, which is a reasonably big undertaking, and then even with my lowered seat mod, I wouldn't have enough headroom to sit in it so by replacing it with a stock canopy, I'd be rendering the airplane useless to me. That said, I did finally get in touch with the aerocanopy guy and he seems interested in making one and had me send him pictures with lots of dimensions so he may not even need the old canopy to make a mold.

[a.cutler1001]

Yes, the Todd's Canopies business and molds were purchased by another company after Todd's passing.

I spoke with the new company when I needed to replace my canopy. The bad news is that the Sonex mold was damaged beyond repair. The good news is that they were willing to create a new one if someone in their area in Florida was willing use their Sonex to create one. But that was over a year ago...

I talked to them yesterday, he's going to look into making one from a bunch of dimensions that I sent him. I also spoke to a local plastics fabrication and manufacturing company and asked if I brought it to them if they could make a mold and replicate it. They said it doesn't quite work like that and they would need plans/diemensions to do it. That is also something that generally can cost up in to the five figures, so I wonder how the aerocanopy guy would be able to do it.