---------------------------------------------------------- RV8-List Digest Archive --- Total Messages Posted Mon 04/11/11: 3 ---------------------------------------------------------- Today's Message Index: ---------------------- 1. 05:14 AM - Please unsubscribe (av8r135@yahoo.com) 2. 06:12 AM - Re: Glare Shield Edge (glen matejcek) 3. 05:48 PM - Re: Glare Shield Edge (Ron Keilin) ________________________________ Message 1 _____________________________________ Time: 05:14:25 AM PST US From: "av8r135@yahoo.com" Subject: RV8-List: Please unsubscribe please unsubscribe Sent via DROID on Verizon Wireless ________________________________ Message 2 _____________________________________ Time: 06:12:51 AM PST US From: "glen matejcek" Subject: RV8-List: RE: Glare Shield Edge HI John- I also used slit 3/8 aluminum tube to edge the glare shield. Given the dynamics of an impact and Murphy's law, I also used lineman's pliers to bend the very edge of the glare shield down a bit, and in a fairly irregular way. This bend is entirely within the Al tube, and is intended to turn the cutting edge of the glare shield away from the noggin vector and bias the glare shield to buckle downward rather than standing firm and acting like a cheese slicer. The tubing itself, painted flat blank like the rest of the glare shield, is quite unobtrusive. I would like to pad it and wrap it in a sturdy cloth that would also cover the glare shield (for thermal as well as aesthetic reasons) but have yet to figure out an acceptable way to do that. I'm not aware of any data on commercially available glare shield edging, but I'm concerned that with crash dynamics at work, the edge of the glare shield would cleave the synthetic edging quite easily. Bill, if you really think your shoulder harness is the complete answer to survivability, look up the video of Wayne Handley's accident in the Turbo Raven and take a critical look. The typical acro rig includes a five point harness overlaid with a two point safety harness, yet he ended up with about three feet between his rear and the seat. FWIW- > I am getting close to finish. a couple of months ago I saw some edging for > the glare shield on one of the websites. When I went back to order it, I > could not find it again. > > If I was in an accident and went into the instrument panel, the glare shield > would take the top of my head off from just above my eyes. What have people > done about the meat cleaver that the edge of the glare shield would be in an > accident? > > John > N470MJ > At the airport, & almost there. > Glen Matejcek aerobubba@earthlink.net ________________________________ Message 3 _____________________________________ Time: 05:48:23 PM PST US From: "Ron Keilin" Subject: Re: RV8-List: Glare Shield Edge Try Cleveland Tool. They have a perfect edging for the glare shield ----- Original Message ----- From: Allan Grajek To: rv8-list@matronics.com Sent: Sunday, April 10, 2011 12:35 PM Subject: Re: RV8-List: Glare Shield Edge Just answer the question Al grajek On Apr 10, 2011, at 8:35, Hotmail wrote: Wear your shoulder Barnard, problem solved. Sent from my iPad On Apr 10, 2011, at 7:20 AM, John Long wrote: I am getting close to finish. a couple of months ago I saw some edging for the glare shield on one of the websites. When I went back to order it, I could not find it again. If I was in an accident and went into the instrument panel, the glare shield would take the top of my head off from just above my eyes. What have people done about the meat cleaver that the edge of the glare shield would be in an accident? John N470MJ At the airport, & almost there. 3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= 3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= 3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= 3D 3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= 3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= 3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= 3D 3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= 3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= 3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= 3D 3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= 3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= 3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= 3D ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----- No virus found in this message. 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