Ratickle
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The glass as in the fiberglass failed first, or the glass as in the plexiglass (lexan?) failed first?
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The glass as in the fiberglass failed first, or the glass as in the plexiglass (lexan?) failed first?
T2x
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1. How much is your life worth? If the canopy fails your family will not be comforted by the fact that you built it within budget. I know that sounds harsh...but this is a life and death issue...and I have lost too many friends already. If you can't afford a top quality canopy...... don't race.
2.What makes you think that a new DW has a proper canopy?
2TR
Competitor
Not harsh at all, but in the big picture if I built the canopy as strong as possible I would be a 1000lbs over weight ; were is the line drawn?
When I say budget; I mean I'm not spending 15k plus on a lid, the boats not worth it to me (AS IN I WONT RACE THIS BOAT).
The DW i have seen close up look and feel very strong compared to the AMT i have seen. I felt like the weight of my body would cause a lid failure while looking at an AMT lid a little while back.
Steve 1
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Offshore Ginger
New member
Dave and i talked about this before and i think the conclusion of that in his opinion the Plexiglass failed first .
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Offshore Ginger
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I agree ,big holes are not strong and i would not have that canopy stuck up my A$$ , reminds me of a Talon canopy .
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Offshore Ginger
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I remember the old CARLOS N CHARLIES X-TREAM had an F16 canopy that Jack C , got killed in and the reason being is jack made modfications to the canopy because he was such a big man and had claustrophobia .
Ratickle
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Does anyone have more specifics of that test?
Steve 1
Contributor
Yes there all kind of crazy stories but I also heard that from Ron Jones when we were buying the texstar stuff from him.
phragle
Charter Member
while impressive..it is not representative of what a boat needs in a canopy, unless Gieco or aquamania happen to hit the errant seagull. On a boat your not talking about a small object with little mass hitting a small area. You have a 10k boat traveling 150+ mph impacting water (basically in a solid state at that speed) Dropping the boat off a 15 story building upside down would be a much more relavent test... If you only doing 100..you only need a 10 story building... but thats just my perspective.
MikeyFIN
Competitor
Why ???
That´s normal with a Cat when you go fast enough to find the limit.
* this is normal racing for us
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MikeyFIN
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Here´s some ideas...
http://www.ioc-tr.net/en/info_boat_manifacturers.asp
http://www.ioc-tr.net/en/info_boat_manifacturers.asp
Ratickle
Founding Member / Super Moderator
That was the picture Sharkey got when Rick destroyed the lower unit of one of his Mercs by landing hard sideways at the Harrison race this year. So I thought it would be a good idea to stop destroying lowers......
I'm not sure the boat had much, if any, forward momentum that pic.....
Wahoo 214
Charter Member
The Polycarbonate shattered and then the water blew the top off.
Ratickle
Founding Member / Super Moderator
Thanks. You wouldn't think that would happen in a stuff with the design of that canopy on the Batboats.
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