REFLECTOR: FW: Windows in strake baggage area

[Jeff Howell]

I used a company called All Valley Glass and Plastics here in palmdale Ca. (93551??) I had them cut it to size then I used a roughter and put a 1/8 kinmill all the way around the glass. Then I glued it in place using 1776 b1/2 fuel tank sealant and shot bags... the sealant is a polysulfide sealant with excellent adhesion characters and flexibility... worked great!!! Jeff 
 



Date: Fri, 7 Oct 2011 15:57:29 -0400
From: peter.braswell at gmail.com
To: reflector at tvbf.org
Subject: Re: REFLECTOR: FW: Windows in strake baggage area

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?




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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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