[Land-speed] Lexan

Doug Odom dlodom at charter.net
Sat Apr 18 11:23:26 MDT 2009


Does anyone know what Denis Manning uses on the Bub7 liner. I remember when 
I was talking to him at the Hall of Fame party how clear the canopy was. I 
also remember that he said it cost $5,000. I didn't ask him what the 
material was, knowing I could not afford it whatever it was.
Big Ditch Doug

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Skip Higginbotham" <saltrat at pahrump.com>
To: "Dave Dahlgren" <ddahlgren at snet.net>; "J.D. Tone" 
<gmc6power at earthlink.net>; <land-speed at autox.team.net>
Sent: Saturday, April 18, 2009 9:03 AM
Subject: Re: [Land-speed] Lexan


> Thanks Dave, the only time the canopy sees sun is in line, on the run and 
> returning to the pits. I will try to cover it when not on course. Am 
> adding a cockpit ac unit this year so that may help as well. The light 
> aircraft folks say that Plexus is the easiest and best cleaner with good 
> UV protection. It may be as good as it gets already...........
> Lexan XL has apparently the best UV protection. I got mine (Lexan) from 
> Home Depot and don't think that it is "XL".
>
> Skip


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