REFLECTOR: FW: Windows in strake baggage area

Peter Braswell peter.braswell at gmail.com
Fri Oct 7 14:57:29 CDT 2011


Jeff,
This is a great discussion and timely for me as I progress through the
strake fabrication.

Do you have a source for the scratch-proof lexan?


TIA,
Peter
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On Fri, Oct 7, 2011 at 3:46 PM, Jeff Howell <jeffreyhowell at hotmail.com>wrote:

>
>
> ------------------------------
> From: jeffreyhowell at hotmail.com
> To: reflector at velocityxl.com
> Subject: RE: REFLECTOR: Windows in strake baggage area
> Date: Fri, 7 Oct 2011 09:49:58 -0700
>
>  I fly with my kids alot... The kids love them... They even call them their
> windows. I am always flying with more than 2 people so they always get used.
> It makes for cool pics of landing. it also lets you have a visual on the
> main gear. I used 1/4 scratch resistant lexan (not cheap) although after 2
> years of flying almost every weekend they have light scratches in them.
> Nothing that cant be polished out... The only con I ran into is the cost of
> the lexan and the time to do it... other than that I love them...Jeff
>
> ------------------------------
> From: reflector at velocityxl.com
> To: reflector at tvbf.org
> Date: Fri, 7 Oct 2011 11:36:41 -0500
> Subject: Re: REFLECTOR: Windows in strake baggage area
>
> I think I used 1/8" lexan, IIRC.  Here's my take.
>
> *pros*
>
>    - some folks get weird if they can't see the runway on final, and
>    without them, they ain't seeing in the back much of the time
>    - the strake limits near-field visibility for the back seat passenger,
>    this helps (but not a fix)
>
>
> *cons*
>
>    - takes up fuel space (in retrospect, I would angle the outer/winglet
>    end bulkhead from outer bottom to inner top to minimize)
>
>
>    - takes *some* time to do
>    - cost *some* money
>    - doesn't make the plane faster, safer, or lighter
>    - someone will invariably set something on them, scratching the Holy
>    Living Crap (HLC) out of them (we made upholstery covers, or rather, had
>    Dave Spano make them)
>    - how often is anyone going to realistically be back there?
>
> B
>
> -------Original Message-------
> From: Dan Schindler
> To: reflector at tvbf.org
> Subject: REFLECTOR: Windows in strake baggage area
> Sent: 07 Oct '11 11:18
>
> Trying to decide if I am going to put windows in the strake baggage area.
> I have seen several velocities with this option. Was wondering about pros
> and cons to doing this?
>
> What type of material is best for this window?
>
> Thank you,
>
> Dan Schindler
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