Miata Mailing List: December 1998, Message #244

sponsored by

Previously on Cockpit cover, David and Melodie <autiger@pe.net> said...
 
> I was buying some stuff from the Moss catalog through CRI when I ended
up
> purchasing a CRI cockpit cover instead of the Moss one.  It came in the
mail
> and I was surprised by its appearance.  It looks likes its made of some
kind
> of "quilted" synthetic material.  I am thinking about returning it and
> getting the Technalon cockpit cover from Moss.  Is the technalon
material a
> thin nylon-like material kind of like what would be used in a tent?  Has
> anybody out there seen both covers and can compare the two?

I'll defer to Vbob wrt the identification of the material.  I can say that
I have used the type of cover you describe on my dad's airplane.  He uses
it when the airplane is parked outside to keep sunlight out.  The material
breaths which allows moisture to evaporate from underneath it.  The only
problem I've seen is that after a few years out in the sun it degrades and
begins to tear.

	-John

------------------------------------------------
John Freas (jfreas@earthlink.net)
Red '90 Base-ish #7690
Birmingham, AL
Team LS1,2, SP, the Gap...
Team dlralt, PBC, Roebuck, Voodoo...
"I have no idea what those dimple things on the windshield frame are for."
------------------------------------------------