Let us know how it works. I have window tint on the inside of my Mustang bubble and it is not dark enough and not very smooth either so I would like to replace it with a spray on coating.
-------- Original Message -------- Subject: Re: KR> Canopy shade From: Jeff Lange <schmleff at gmail.com> List-Post: krnet@list.krnet.org Date: Wed, April 09, 2014 7:04 am To: KRnet <krnet at list.krnet.org> For what its worth, I bought a can of VHT Nite Shades to spray on the inside of my canopy above my head. It?s a translucent black paint that is intended for the dimwits that want to black out their turn signals. Not sure what it does in the IR and UV spectrums, but it would dim the sunlight coming through the canopy while still letting you have visibility through the area. I have not tried it yet but will before the summer head and ear sunburn season starts ; ) Here is the link: http://www.vhtpaint.com/products/niteshades/ Jeff Lange Race 64 - Skye Racer Blog: http://schmleff.blogspot.com Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/schmleff On Apr 9, 2014, at 5:41 AM, Mark Langford <ml at n56ml.com> wrote: > Dene Collett wrote: > >> Guys I see a lot of talk about displays that are barely readable in sunlight >> but I have yet to see anybody create a glare shield over their panel. >> Everybody seems to just put their panel at the end of the deck. Why not just >> extend the deck a few inches over the top of the panel and create some >> shade? It might not be a total elimination of the problem but it would >> surely help to solve it. > > One consideration on having a lip overhanging the panel is that in a crash > scenario, anything stiff and part of the front deck could cut into your skull > when your forehead hits it. Obviously nobody would put a knife edge out there > and a rounded surface should be the goal. I did create a removable glare > shield for N56ML that hangs out over the panel for exactly the reason you > state, and it was edged with some rubber edging to soften the edge. The whole > thing was added after the plane had been flying a while, and was built in > place out of a plyfoam sandwich...1/4" Last-o-foam with a layer of glass on > each side. The side facing the pilot was rounded and the glass wrapped around > it to soften it, and then a layer of gray felt was added for appearance, and > finished off with the rubber edging. I'll try to get a picture of that. I > later discovered that felt was a bad idea, as the canopy would focus the sun > on the felt and come very close to lighting it on fire! > > One "advantage" (and this is a stretch) of the original KR2 bubble is that > the decking surrounding the bubble forms a huge shade over the instrument > panel, creating more shade than anybody would ever want. It's almost too dark > in there! > > I started N891JF over the weekend, and nothing leaked or flew apart. Progress > is being made... > > Mark Langford > ML at N56ML.com > website at http://www.N56ML.com > -------------------------------------------------------- > > > _______________________________________________ > Search the KRnet Archives at http://tugantek.com/archmailv2-kr/search. > To UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to KRnet-leave at list.krnet.org > please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html > see http://list.krnet.org/mailman/listinfo/krnet_list.krnet.org to change > options _______________________________________________ Search the KRnet Archives at http://tugantek.com/archmailv2-kr/search. To UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to KRnet-leave at list.krnet.org please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html see http://list.krnet.org/mailman/listinfo/krnet_list.krnet.org to change options
