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rlaird
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 Posted: Mon Apr 03, 2006 7:35 am Post subject: Half-doors on MkIII ? |
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Does anyone fly with half-doors on their MkIII? I've got full doors
but am considering removing them and putting half-doors on, so I get
an unobscured view for photography purposes. But I'm wondering about
it's affect on, well, everything.
-- Robert
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| Posted: Mon Apr 03, 2006 11:44 am Post subject: Half-doors on MkIII ? |
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Are you referring to half up or half back?
I was still flying my mkIII as of last fall with no doors.
-aside from being a little chilly when the thermometer drops
there were no adverse effects.
I'm thinking about half (up) doors that I can put hingeing windows on.
Then on a hot day I can fold them outboard and down the side.
-BB
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On 3, Apr 2006, at 11:33 AM, Robert Laird wrote:
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Does anyone fly with half-doors on their MkIII? I've got full doors
but am considering removing them and putting half-doors on, so I get
an unobscured view for photography purposes. But I'm wondering about
it's affect on, well, everything.
-- Robert
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rlaird
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| Posted: Mon Apr 03, 2006 11:52 am Post subject: Half-doors on MkIII ? |
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Interesting idea about the "half-up"... I was thinking only about
"half-back" since that is how I operated on a RANS S-12XL that I owned
a few years ago. Wouldn't a "half-up" end up getting your head
blasted by the wind? My idea was to cut the doors back to about 4
inches in front of where my elbow normally rests. That would allow me
to lean back just a bit and my camera would be clear of the door.
Good to know, though, that you've flown it without any doors at all.
-- Robert
On 4/3/06, robert bean <slyck(at)frontiernet.net> wrote:
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Are you referring to half up or half back?
I was still flying my mkIII as of last fall with no doors.
-aside from being a little chilly when the thermometer drops
there were no adverse effects.
I'm thinking about half (up) doors that I can put hingeing windows on.
Then on a hot day I can fold them outboard and down the side.
-BB
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Michael Sharp
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| Posted: Mon Apr 03, 2006 1:07 pm Post subject: Half-doors on MkIII ? |
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Doesn't Bro Pike have half doors???
I believe that there was a gent with a Mark III on floats that did
what you are talking about, half back..
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Richard Pike
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| Posted: Mon Apr 03, 2006 2:33 pm Post subject: Half-doors on MkIII ? |
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I did have the half doors, and still put them back on in the summer when
it is warm. They work very well, great for photography. With no doors,
you get a lot of wind through the cockpit, sort of like flying in a
hurricane. With half doors, there is minimal wind, it is very pleasant.
It is the top picture on this page here:
http://www.bcchapel.org/pages/0003/pg2.htm
This picture also shows the first attempt at a shorty windshield which
stops just about even with the forehead, which lets more air flow to the
prop, and improves both the climb rate and allows reduced rpm's at
cruise speed. The only disadvantage to this arrangement is that it is
not optimal for cold air flying. My current arrangement lets me have my
cake and eat it too - better airflow and also fully enclosed when desired.
Richard Pike
MKIII N420P (420ldPoops)
Kolbdriver wrote:
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Doesn't Bro Pike have half doors???
I believe that there was a gent with a Mark III on floats that did
what you are talking about, half back..
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