Source for a cabin cover?

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Re: Source for a cabin cover?

by Nick » Tue Nov 15, 2011 5:51 pm

I believe John Hanson made his own custom cover with snaps.

Nick

Re: Source for a cabin cover?

by johnkerr » Thu Apr 21, 2011 11:52 am

As a temporary (semi-permanent) solution i used an old rain fly from a two-man back packing tent cut to fit. The sewn-in peak of one end of the fly fit nicely over the front windshield and there was enough stretch in the material to not require resewing. Allowance for the cabanes was reinforced and the aft end was cut to fit about 12" behind the rear pit. The whole thing was held in place with 1" webbing and plastic backpack clips that lay flat.

It wouldn't hold up under a Sun & Fun tornedo but I doubt that anything would. It kept the rain out of the interior successfully each of the two days of torrential rain experienced going and coming to OSH. Hope you can find a better color than shown in the picture attached.
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Re: Source for a cabin cover?

by dougm » Wed Apr 20, 2011 10:22 pm

I don't know that a UPF-7 cover would work as the width of the fuse, distance between cockpits, and relation of the forward 'pit to the cabanes are different between the Hatz and the UPF-7 (and probably many other bipes as well). I'm sure your not the first Hatz owner to want a cover... I'd give Bruce and Kennon a call and see if they have done them before.

Source for a cabin cover?

by rawheels » Tue Apr 19, 2011 3:04 pm

Has anyone purchased or made a cabin cover for their plane? I could wait until Oshkosh and have the Bruce or Kennon guys measure the plane for a custom cover, but would like to have something sooner than that. Would something like a UPF-7 cover work?

Ryan

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