Side sliding window
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Snowbirdxx
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Lars, it is 3,3 mm 3 mm do the job as well.
tom
tom
prichfield
New Member
Hey Lars
Hey Lars! How's the Husky coming along? (Post pictures if you can)
Cheers,
Paul
Hey Lars! How's the Husky coming along? (Post pictures if you can)
Cheers,
Paul
Larson
Active Member
G/day Paul
Its flying now.. huge effort ended up being complete o/haul incl fabric, paint, eng, prop, interior ... the list went well overboard. While it was apart just kept going!!, but my skills are way better than at the start!
Now its time to fly it more. Have noticed very quickly .. its a different animal light as opposed to heavy! All good fun but
I'll try the picture posting thing... fingers crossed.
Cheers Lars..
P.s. Trying to get leave to go to oshkosh, you going?
Its flying now.. huge effort ended up being complete o/haul incl fabric, paint, eng, prop, interior ... the list went well overboard. While it was apart just kept going!!, but my skills are way better than at the start!
Now its time to fly it more. Have noticed very quickly .. its a different animal light as opposed to heavy! All good fun but
I'll try the picture posting thing... fingers crossed.
Cheers Lars..
P.s. Trying to get leave to go to oshkosh, you going?
prichfield
New Member
Oz Husky
Wow, I look forward to seeing pictures of your new plane. Glad to hear it's flying. No plan for OSH this year for me. :-(
Wow, I look forward to seeing pictures of your new plane. Glad to hear it's flying. No plan for OSH this year for me. :-(
prichfield
New Member
Oz Husky
Looks great Lars, congrats! Amazing job.
Looks great Lars, congrats! Amazing job.
The group,
My side sliding window does not remain closed. This presents a great opportunity to get a cold arm in the winter. It seems the thickness of the sliding window is to great for the forward channel that it must fit into, thus new really getting fully closed? Ideas on how to keep the slider closed? thanks. billw
My side sliding window does not remain closed. This presents a great opportunity to get a cold arm in the winter. It seems the thickness of the sliding window is to great for the forward channel that it must fit into, thus new really getting fully closed? Ideas on how to keep the slider closed? thanks. billw
Snowbirdxx
Well-Known Member
Bill,
the window only stays closed when pushed into the frame very hard. Best done from outside. So in flight this procedure it is not very practical.
You also could wear a fur sleeve over your left arm. Kind of funny looking. Especially if it is pink. But it will no longer need Bumpers fur Handrest at the throttle.
I skipped the outside pushing and the fure sleeve and got :
1 ft Vercro Hooks NON adhesive and
1 ft verlcro Adhesive (the counterpart to the Hooks).
Cut the adhesive in half and put it on the bottom front of the sliding window and to the bottom of the front side window.
The Hooked tape now connects the stripes glued to the bottom of the windows. In the summer you can use the hook-tape to adjust the sliding window at a defined distance.
I picked black velcro tape, BTW
Time required: 2 Minutes
Cost:Less than 3 US $
The pink Mink arm sleeve fix is more expensive.
TomD
the window only stays closed when pushed into the frame very hard. Best done from outside. So in flight this procedure it is not very practical.
You also could wear a fur sleeve over your left arm. Kind of funny looking. Especially if it is pink. But it will no longer need Bumpers fur Handrest at the throttle.
I skipped the outside pushing and the fure sleeve and got :
1 ft Vercro Hooks NON adhesive and
1 ft verlcro Adhesive (the counterpart to the Hooks).
Cut the adhesive in half and put it on the bottom front of the sliding window and to the bottom of the front side window.
The Hooked tape now connects the stripes glued to the bottom of the windows. In the summer you can use the hook-tape to adjust the sliding window at a defined distance.
I picked black velcro tape, BTW
Time required: 2 Minutes
Cost:Less than 3 US $
The pink Mink arm sleeve fix is more expensive.
TomD
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bumper
Well-Known Member
As an aside from TomD's good advice . . .
If the sliding window doesn't fit into the forward channel (mine didn't as received either), then gently spread the forward channel. You'll need a suitable wide jaw tool for this so as not to mar or damage the channel. Think along the lines of putting two firm blade putty knives in there together, then insert a flat blade screwdriver between them and turn the screwdriver to spread the blades. A couple of scrap pieces of sheet metal would work too. Go gently and evenly.
bumper
If the sliding window doesn't fit into the forward channel (mine didn't as received either), then gently spread the forward channel. You'll need a suitable wide jaw tool for this so as not to mar or damage the channel. Think along the lines of putting two firm blade putty knives in there together, then insert a flat blade screwdriver between them and turn the screwdriver to spread the blades. A couple of scrap pieces of sheet metal would work too. Go gently and evenly.
bumper
Meadowlark
Well-Known Member
Yes.......but I don't view that as a problem. The Munson window is so far superior to the original window there is no comparison.
J/C GTF
J/C GTF
bumper
Well-Known Member
Don't know that I'd recommend doing this on the dog, but here's a "window keeps opening fix" I used on an Aeronca Champ, who's sliding window operated with ease. Actually way more convenient that way but wouldn't stay closed in flight.
I slightly ramped the bottom edge of the window plexiglass at the forward edge. Then an inch or so back from that I used a round file to make a detent in the bottom edge.
Next I removed the bottom track materinal and drilled a crosswise hole to coincide with where the detent would be and installed a short metal pin in the hole.
In operation, the window slides forward and the ramped edge rides up over the metal pin. Then the window drops down as the detent reaches the pin, thus keeping the window closed. This mod requires the window have some slack to lift in its channel, and this may not be the case with the dog.
bumper
I slightly ramped the bottom edge of the window plexiglass at the forward edge. Then an inch or so back from that I used a round file to make a detent in the bottom edge.
Next I removed the bottom track materinal and drilled a crosswise hole to coincide with where the detent would be and installed a short metal pin in the hole.
In operation, the window slides forward and the ramped edge rides up over the metal pin. Then the window drops down as the detent reaches the pin, thus keeping the window closed. This mod requires the window have some slack to lift in its channel, and this may not be the case with the dog.
bumper
Guys--all it takes is a little fiddling with the forward channel to ensure that the window felt engages into the channel with enough friction to stay put.
There really is no need for miracle cures to this. I've run four different Huskys, and they all came with slightly different "fit" to that sliding window. All were fixed for good by simply (and carefully) adjusting the forward channel so that it does what it was designed to do.
And, that solution is cheap, as well.
Mike
There really is no need for miracle cures to this. I've run four different Huskys, and they all came with slightly different "fit" to that sliding window. All were fixed for good by simply (and carefully) adjusting the forward channel so that it does what it was designed to do.
And, that solution is cheap, as well.
Mike
Awellslo
Member
Two window questions:
1) How difficult is to to change the the square sliding window to a Munson Sliding window?
2) Is it possible to put a Munson Sliding window on the right side? It would be so nice to be able to open that side just enough for a camera lens - rater an opening the whole space. I have't looked at mine carefully yet but, in my minds eye, it should work.
Alex
1) How difficult is to to change the the square sliding window to a Munson Sliding window?
2) Is it possible to put a Munson Sliding window on the right side? It would be so nice to be able to open that side just enough for a camera lens - rater an opening the whole space. I have't looked at mine carefully yet but, in my minds eye, it should work.
Alex