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Ralph Hoover
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 Posted: Fri Jul 07, 2006 5:28 pm Post subject: Mazolla-Me and slide me in! |
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Last week was the first time since I had my full wind screen off that I tried to get into my Firestar Single 1990 KXP. It now has the doors and the full canopy from nose cone up to wings. And guess what!
At 230 pounds and 6'1" tall with two bad legs and two bad knees, I have to almost but not quite Butter my body to get into that teensy little slit along the side. Whats with that?
I have viewed several Firestars with the darned tube running along the center from the top bow below the wings all the way down to the instrument panel. When I first looked at them I thought there is a sure way to go "cross-eyed". Reminded me of that movie about the handle traversing the bridge area of the nose (on your face, not on the plane) so's one could remove their glasses easly. Backfired on the inventor and he went from riches to rags cause all of his customers became cross-eyed, and sued him.
So now I find myself havin to give consideration to one of three choices:
1). keep what I have and begin working out.
2). stop eating, loose weight and shorten both legs.
or...........
3). Switch over to the split down the middle, braced windscreen, for year around flying.
Help....any assistance here!
Perplexed, confused and slidding around in my seat here in Ohio, Ralph!
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planecrazzzy
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| Posted: Sat Jul 08, 2006 3:55 am Post subject: Re: Mazolla-Me and slide me in! |
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Hey Ralph,
Besides having a tough time getting in it...once your in, does it fit...?
I'm 6' 1 plus and 200# ...I don't have any problem with getting in it, but I only have the short windscreen...But I need to change it to something like yours because I have to duck down to avoid wind and rain....
One time the wind caught my hat and took my headset off....I got it before it went thru the prop....
Gotta Fly...
Mike in MN
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by0ung(at)brigham.net
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| Posted: Sat Jul 08, 2006 6:59 am Post subject: Mazolla-Me and slide me in! |
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So now I find myself havin to give consideration to one of three choices:
1). keep what I have and begin working out.
2). stop eating, loose weight and shorten both legs.
or...........
3). Switch over to the split down the middle, braced windscreen, for year
around
flying.
Help....any assistance here!
Ralph
OR option 4). Instead of split down the middle,,,, use only one
windscreen post.... either on the left or on the right... and make the
door / windscreen go from the post, over the top and down the other side.
Then a small door or permanent window from the post down. It should make
climbing in like there was no windscreen or door.
archive
Boyd Young
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Richard Pike
Joined: 09 Jan 2006
Posts: 1670
Location: Blountville, Tennessee
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| Posted: Sat Jul 08, 2006 9:00 am Post subject: Mazolla-Me and slide me in! |
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Win'sheeld tube? What tube? We don' need no steenking tube!
http://www.bcchapel.org/pages/0003/Latch.html
1/8" thick Lexan, fastened snugly along the left fuselage side,
including the top left side of the upper cabin bow near the leading
edge, then securely latched on the right side, just bends and wraps
around, and it's good to go. But it does need about four 3" snap vents
to move cooling air onto your bod.
Richard Pike
MKIII N420P (420ldPoops)
Ralph Hoover wrote:
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Last week was the first time since I had my full wind screen off that I tried to get into my Firestar Single 1990 KXP. It now has the doors and the full canopy from nose cone up to wings. And guess what!
At 230 pounds and 6'1" tall with two bad legs and two bad knees, I have to almost but not quite Butter my body to get into that teensy little slit along the side. Whats with that?
I have viewed several Firestars with the darned tube running along the center from the top bow below the wings all the way down to the instrument panel. When I first looked at them I thought there is a sure way to go "cross-eyed". Reminded me of that movie about the handle traversing the bridge area of the nose (on your face, not on the plane) so's one could remove their glasses easly. Backfired on the inventor and he went from riches to rags cause all of his customers became cross-eyed, and sued him.
So now I find myself havin to give consideration to one of three choices:
1). keep what I have and begin working out.
2). stop eating, loose weight and shorten both legs.
or...........
3). Switch over to the split down the middle, braced windscreen, for year around flying.
Help....any assistance here!
Perplexed, confused and slidding around in my seat here in Ohio, Ralph!
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Ralph Hoover
Joined: 09 Jan 2006
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Location: Central Ohio
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| Posted: Sat Jul 08, 2006 4:14 pm Post subject: Re: Mazolla-Me and slide me in! |
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Ralph
OR option 4). Instead of split down the middle,,,, use only one
windscreen post.... either on the left or on the right... and make the
door / windscreen go from the post, over the top and down the other side.
Then a small door or permanent window from the post down. It should make
climbing in like there was no windscreen or door.
archive
Boyd Young
Pictures please. My mind isn't the same as it used to be.
I think I know what your refering to but it would be easier to see it. Thanks.
Ralph
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Ralph Hoover
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| Posted: Sat Jul 08, 2006 4:17 pm Post subject: Re: Mazolla-Me and slide me in! |
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Richard, I appreciate you method. But that appears to be a "tear it down and build it up" kind of project.
I may consider it sometime this year.
Thanks
Ohio Ralph
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by0ung(at)brigham.net
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| Posted: Sun Jul 09, 2006 8:24 pm Post subject: Mazolla-Me and slide me in! |
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I did a quick drawing in paint of how to eliminate 1 or 2 windshield post
And emailed it to Ralph. If anyone else wants a copy let me know
Boyd
by0ung(at)brigham.net
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