REFLECTOR: Aircraft Covers II

[David Scharfenberg]

Door windows

Dave



On Dec 17, 2008, at 5:46 PM, Terry Miles wrote:

>
> Oh, wow.  Thanks for point that out.  I figured you meant the 
> windscreen. Do you mean the back window and not the door window?  Are 
> you guessing that happened by the wind getting underneath the lower 
> edge of the cover along the strake area and just flapping it around a 
> little?
> Terry
>  
>
> From: reflector-bounces at tvbf.org [mailto:reflector-bounces at tvbf.org] 
> On Behalf Of David Scharfenberg
> Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 2008 10:44 PM
> To: Velocity Aircraft Owners and Builders list
> Subject: Re: REFLECTOR: Aircraft Covers II
>  
>> Hi Terry
>
>  I did sew flannel over the insides of the seems. The problem was with 
> the side window. I'm sure the newer covers are much better.
>
>  Dave
>
>
>
>
> Dave, one possible fix your seam over the windscreen is to do a lining 
> of satin sheeting material and/or a thin sheet of flannel sandwiched 
> in there too—I read that somewhere just this week.  Another point 
> worth repeating on this topic is, as Chuck pointed out, the cover 
> can’t get contaminated with sand or stones, and the airplane itself 
> has to be clean and preferably waxed or any cover will upbraid the 
> airplane surface.  
>   
>  Terry 
>   
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