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1. 06:09 AM - Top window installation (MacDonald Doug)
2. 10:22 AM - Re: Top window installation (John Marzulli)
3. 07:21 PM - Top window (philip smith)
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| Subject: | Top window installation |
Guys, is it my imagination or is there very little in the way of instructions on
how to install the top window in the 701 plans? I've been looking through the
plans and it says almost nothing.
Specifically, I am trying to figure out the following:
1. Exactly where the back edge of the window should lie. does it just get riveted
to the 20mm lip that extends forward of the rear spar carry through "C" channel
or is it suppoed to be tied into the rear spar "C"?
2. Is the top window just riveted directly to the cabin frame or are there supposed
to be doubler strips under the heads of the rivets?
3. Is the top window attached with rivets or screws similar to the windshield?
Thanks for you help
Doug MacDonald
CH-701 Scratch builder
NW Ontario, Canada
Working on final assembly
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| Subject: | Re: Top window installation |
I am under the impression that the plexiglass is riveted on to the diagonal
tube and the main expanse of the the side tubes.
My question is about riveting the plexiglass to the V-Frame where the side
tube slides into the V-Frame. What have others done? That is structural so I
do not want to rivet the plexiglass to it. Have others drilled larger holes
in the plexiglass, riveted the frame and then installed the plexiglass over
top?
Thanks,
John Marzulli
http://www.GenevieveMarzulli.org/
http://marzulli.smugmug.com/
http://701Builder.blogspot.com/
http://www.JohnMarzulli.net/
On Wed, Apr 8, 2009 at 6:06 AM, MacDonald Doug <dougsnash@yahoo.com> wrote:
> dougsnash@yahoo.com>
>
>
> Guys, is it my imagination or is there very little in the way of
> instructions on how to install the top window in the 701 plans? I've been
> looking through the plans and it says almost nothing.
>
> Specifically, I am trying to figure out the following:
>
> 1. Exactly where the back edge of the window should lie. does it just get
> riveted to the 20mm lip that extends forward of the rear spar carry through
> "C" channel or is it suppoed to be tied into the rear spar "C"?
>
> 2. Is the top window just riveted directly to the cabin frame or are there
> supposed to be doubler strips under the heads of the rivets?
>
> 3. Is the top window attached with rivets or screws similar to the
> windshield?
>
> Thanks for you help
>
> Doug MacDonald
> CH-701 Scratch builder
> NW Ontario, Canada
> Working on final assembly
>
> Do Not Archive
>
>
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Hy guys and Gals,
Getting ready to install the top window in my 701 - since it's hot and sunny
here in Idaho I've been thinking of "treating" the plexiglass with a film of
reflecting window coating such as the mylar material found in the local big
box hardware stores.
Anyone done this - what are your thoughts - all I remember is riding around
in a car with a sun roof and getting the top of my head burned on a sunny
day.
Thanks
Phil.
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