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----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Coupers Tech" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, March 18, 2002 9:56 PM Subject: RE: [COUPERS-TECH] [COUPERS] Windsheild > ----[Please read http://ercoupers.com/disclaimer.htm before following any advice in this forum.]---- > > Darn. Sent too early. Here the final version. > H. > > Hi. all. > I am subscribed to Coupers-Tech only, so please if someone who is on > both list can forward this message... > > > > Nick Striglia was asking the question on the possibility to go back to a > flat windshield after a bubble windshield > has been installed. > > > I too think the flat windshield looks better on a Coupe. The lines are > matching more the airframe. > That's why we reinstalled the flat windshield on my brothers Coupe . > No big deal since you can buy the window frame from Univair for a mere > 120 Dollars and the windshield is just around a 120 bucks too. > The window frame is screwed onto the frame B and riveted under he window > sill. 3 rivets on each side, if I remember right. > Easy work every mechanic can do. > > The pros and cons I collected so far (looks preferences excluded, but my > conclusions added). > Bubble: > Pro - the bubble is easier to remove and to put back. (How often do you > do that a year?) > Pro - more room on top of the panel. (fits a Garmin nicely) > Pro - people claim the passenger area room to be less turbulent in a > bubble when flying with open side windows. > Contra - the bubble is more expensive (twice as much as a Flat > windshield) > Contra - slows the aircraft a bit. Air meets at a steeper angle and is > being pushed further away from Aircraft, thus producing more drag. > > Flat: > Pro - Faster . The air meets at a lesser angle on a flat windshield, > thus needing less force to push the air away thus producing less drag > than the bubble. > Pro - Cheaper and easier to find replacement (you can get a flat piece > of plexiglas anywhere in the world) > Contra - less room on top of panel > > If anyone knows another reason to prefer either window or if I again > insulted any of you personally please vent to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Hartmut > > Ercoupe 415 N3330H > > > ==^================================================================ This email was sent to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?aVxiLm.aVzvvT Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] T O P I C A -- Register now to manage your mail! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/register ==^================================================================
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