Transporting .060 Lexan(Polycarbonate). It can be rolled into a tube. Roll it, tape it and put it in your car.
Mike ________________________________ From: robert <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Mon, August 9, 2010 12:02:23 PM Subject: [ercoupe-tech] Re: Side windows. Hi Alan and Roy..... Thank for the reply. I used Lexan one year and both of you are correct. The problem I found was the "colour aura" when using polorized glases, and the softer surface scratched easier, even when coated with furniture polish. My biggest problem is that I live 3.5 hours froma major city, and to ship it in is about the same as the sheet itself. If I go to the city I'll have to cut it on the spot myself as the only 2 companies that have .060 plexi only sell by the sheet. Unfortunately a 4x8 sheet of anything doesn't fit into a Pontiac vibe and I wouldnot take the farm truck that far. I use the dremel trick myself and it works well. I use a small fluted bit and just work slowly. I've had some good results using Chicago fasteners, (they are the aluminum book binding screws with extreemly small flat heads)as I find I'm a true clutz when it comes to removing rivits, even with lots of practice. I only use them (chicago fasteners)on the window frames where they would fit into the welts. I'll get it figured out. Next worry is converting to the new 406 ELT that our system has mandated (about $800). Makes no sence. I was a flight engineer on SAR Helos, and 121.5 was fine. Usually post crash annalysis revealed that the ELT was mangled in the crash and didn't work. I would prescribe a PLB and if in that much trouble, pull the "on" pin on the way down. Or a more reliable, sensitive 3rd gen SPOT tracker. Oh well I was once told the only way to make a small fortune in the aviation game was to start out with a large one, fortune that is. Cheers Bob P ERCO 415 S/N 719 CF-LAV. --- In [email protected], "Roy D Stubbs II" <rdstu...@...> wrote: > > I have also made side and back windows from Lexan. I bought a 4' x 8' sheet > of 0.060 Lexan from Home Depot for (at the time) $48, with Home Depot > cutting at least four side windows for no extra charge. > > > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of ALAN FAIRCLOUGH > Sent: Monday, August 09, 2010 11:26 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [ercoupe-tech] Side windows. > > > > > > > Bob. > > > > Rather than use plexiglass for the side windows, I have used Lexan. > > It is the stuff CD's are made out of. If you have ever tried to break a CD > you will know it is extremely tough. The good thing is that Lexan is also > easier to cut and what is most attractive, it can be drilled. Drilling holes > in Plexiglass is an art. I have to use Plexiglass for the windshield because > Lexan does not hold up to gasoline and the header tank can sprinkle gasoline > on the windshield. However, it cannot sprinkle gas on the side or rear > windows. > > To drill plexiglass I use my dremmel tool with a conical grinding bit and > pulverize the holes in the plexiglass rather than try to drill it. > > It works so well I pulverize the holes in Lexan too. > > > > I buy a whole 4' x 8' sheet of lexan or plexiglass from a distributor in > Houston for about $36 a sheet. Enough plastic for about 6 side windows per > sheet or four windshields per sheet. > > > > Since the rear windows are held in with the gasket, they are kick out and > not screwed in, I use lexan for them too. > > > > lexan will not yellow with sunlight. > > > > Alan Fairclough > > N87333 > > N94694 >
