Champ
Well Known Member
I'm a daily follower of VAF and have learned a lot. This is my first crack at a post.
I made the windscreen fairing on my 8 removeable during construction and always intended to blind rivet & Sika it around the leading edge & Sika it over the roll bar. Also considering proseal or G/Flex in place of Sika dependant on a pull test I have yet to do.
Now that it is done and ready to attach I wonder if it would work to screw it to the fuselage using nutplates and attach it to the roll bar with the same screws ( longer) that attach the plexi - with caulk in between to make it water tight. This would make the windscreen relatively easy to remove.
A VAF search turned up a good thread on metal fairings and one FG fairing built as a separate part but did not show the final result.
Has anyone else done this? Is it safe? Does it look OK? - CS fasteners would show - pictures would be great. At this stage it is just as easy to screw it as glue it. Is it worthwhile having the windscreen removeable?
I made the windscreen fairing on my 8 removeable during construction and always intended to blind rivet & Sika it around the leading edge & Sika it over the roll bar. Also considering proseal or G/Flex in place of Sika dependant on a pull test I have yet to do.
Now that it is done and ready to attach I wonder if it would work to screw it to the fuselage using nutplates and attach it to the roll bar with the same screws ( longer) that attach the plexi - with caulk in between to make it water tight. This would make the windscreen relatively easy to remove.
A VAF search turned up a good thread on metal fairings and one FG fairing built as a separate part but did not show the final result.
Has anyone else done this? Is it safe? Does it look OK? - CS fasteners would show - pictures would be great. At this stage it is just as easy to screw it as glue it. Is it worthwhile having the windscreen removeable?