REFLECTOR: FW: Who came up with the lower strake windows?

[Chris Barber]

I also made clear covers to protect the installed plastic in addition to fabric covers. The clear covers can be easily replaced.

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On Jul 9, 2013, at 16:39, "Clayton Chase" <chasec at gmail.com<mailto:chasec at gmail.com>> wrote:


I was thinking about the damage issue myself.  You would have to make them fairly easily replaceable. Sure it may be several years between replacements but they will get scratched.  How much does custom gorilla glass cost?   ;)

What is this fuselage cut out windows thing?   I think it may be specific to -EZ craft.

On Jul 9, 2013 1:35 PM, "Reiff Lorenz" <Reiff at lorenz.com<mailto:Reiff at lorenz.com>> wrote:

I forwarded the question to David "Beagle" Orr, long-time canardian and Squadron III newsletter creator. His answer is that the lower strake windows were invented by Clayton Kau in 1984 in his LongEZ or VariEZ.

His full answer is below.

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From: David Orr [mailto:canardfinder at att.net<mailto:canardfinder at att.net>]
Sent: Tuesday, July 9, 2013 2:31 PM
To: Reiff Lorenz
Subject: Re: Who came up with the lower strake windows?

Well, it definitely came from Santa Monica, Squadron II members.  I was giving credit to one Long EZ guy and then another guy, I think Clayton Kau, convinced me that he had done it first.   So that would be 1984 or so.  I put it in my Long EZ by about 1985 as I was building the strakes.

Discovered at about year 5, flying, that no matter how you tried to protect them, the baggage would scratch them until they were unusable...besides, looking down like that can make you sick...

The fuselage cut out windows up front came from Klaus Savier - apparently he designed them for better landing visibility.

Beagle

On 7/8/2013 3:11 PM, Reiff Lorenz wrote:

Beagle,

This topic has been kicking around the Velocity email Reflector. Do you know the answer?

Reiff Lorenz


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Sent: Sunday, July 7, 2013 9:07 PM
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Subject: Re: REFLECTOR: Who came up with the lower strake windows?

I think they were in Ez's long before they were in V's.


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Subject: Re: REFLECTOR: Who came up with the lower strake windows?
From: Robert Wood <slvegl99 at aol.com><mailto:slvegl99 at aol.com>
To: Velocity Aircraft Owners and Builders list <reflector at tvbf.org><mailto:reflector at tvbf.org>
Date: 07/07/2013 06:27 PM

Who came up with the lower strake windows?
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It was back at least to 2000 or 2001 when I was building at the Velocity Service Center. May have Been earlier. I suspect Scott Swing but am not sure. We put them in then.
Bob Wood

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On Jul 7, 2013, at 6:21 PM, "Darrell & Nora Kufalk" <kufalk at wi.rr.com<mailto:kufalk at wi.rr.com>> wrote:
I get more comments from people when they see these windows.
Rear seat passengers absolutely love them.
It would be nice to attribute the idea to someone.

Darrell

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