Wwo, I must be lucky. In there 3+ years, 100+ hours and they're as tight as the day it tokk 9 of us to put them in!
Rick Eason --- In [email protected], Hartmut Beil <hb...@...> wrote: > > > Linda. We had the same experience with our rubber welted rear windows. > > I got so good at putting them back into the welt that I took the window out > when I wanted something out of the baggage area rather than climbing up the > plane. > > They popped out on random. When finally a friend leaned against them while > climbing up the plane, the window broke and I decided to get rid of the > nuisance and reverted the airplane to it's original setup. > > http://www.ercoupe.info/?n=Main.RearTopSkin > > > > Hartmut > > > > To: [email protected] > From: laspr...@... > Date: Sat, 24 Oct 2009 21:10:59 -0700 > Subject: [ercoupe-tech] Re: Is this the best kept secret out there > > > > > > Dan, > > My 415-C came with the rubber-strips-type of rear windows installed. > In the first year or so of ownership, I had to replace both rear > windows, so here are some "con" considerations: > > The left one tended to creep out of its rubber rim at the forward > edge, for just a few inches; I could usually push it back gently. > However, on my first long x-country, one morning in the Nevada > desert, it was very cold (made plastic brittle) and I was very > impatient and not as gentle, and so a little section broke. I made > it back to SoCal, but on the next flight, the whole remaining window > popped out. I got the replacement and the spline tool from Skyport, > and (now former) mechanics charged a couple hours work to wrestle the > new one into place. > > The right one was the casualty of another cold evening in the desert, > this time in Arizona. I was loading my roll-a-board suitcase into > the extended baggage compartment, and made the mistake of loading it > handle-first: the hard handle caught the rear window and cracked > it. I got another kit from Skyport, and the (new) mechanic said he > got the new window almost all the way in when the whole thing popped > out again -- and he embedded a wrench in his hangar wall, he was so > put out! (And this is a normally-easy-going guy.) > > I like the extended baggage compartment very much, but am now very, > very careful with the rear windows! I also have to warn passengers > (esp. kids) not to touch them when stepping up onto the wing. ("Put > your hands ONLY on white metal.") > > Linda > N3437H (Sky Sprite) > 1946 415C > L.A. > > 2a. Is this the best kept secret out there > Posted by: "Caliendo Dan" djcalie...@... dan.caliendo > Date: Sun Oct 18, 2009 7:14 pm ((PDT)) > > I've asked twice before and didn't get an answer. I'm really > interested in the > rubber rear window installation I keep seeing. Does anyone know and cons > to doing it and where I get the weatherstripping? Looks neater than the > hundred (+/-) screws I currently have. > > Dan Caliendo > Ercoupe Mach 0.14 > 3658H > > > > > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Windows Live Hotmail: Your friends can get your Facebook updates, right from > Hotmail®. > http://www.microsoft.com/middleeast/windows/windowslive/see-it-in-action/social-network-basics.aspx?ocid=PID23461::T:WLMTAGL:ON:WL:en-xm:SI_SB_4:092009 >
