If you crack the window you must be missing the ss plate between the
welt and channel Glenn
On Aug 16, 2010, at 9:18 AM, Ed Burkhead wrote:
Mac asked about the thumbscrew that holds the sliding window/door
in place
Mac,
I found that it's possible to crack Plexiglas using those thumb
screws,
if you tighten them enough.
A short shoe lace worked for me. I threaded it between the left and
right latch pieces between the windows - then I tied a regular shoe-
lace
bow. This allowed me to have an opening from an inch or so (as
small as
you want) up to about eight inches of gap. The bow could be pulled
loose in an instant.
Four to eight inches is enough of a gap to let out a LOT of air and it
does so in the low pressure area at the top of the canopy if you
have a
"flat" windshield. (I don't know how low the pressure is on bubble
windshield Coupes.) This lets the ram air of the cabin vent push a LOT
of air through the cabin. At any flying airspeed, I didn't need to
have
the windows down to get all the fresh cabin air I wanted.
In addition, with the windows mostly up like that, there's no
buffeting
inside the cabin. On a long cross country, I found that the buffeting
from flying with the windows down was extra tiring.
The shoe string was a non-elegant but effective way to hold the window
gap open with no stress on the plastic.
Ed
