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graeme bird



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PostPosted: Mon Sep 05, 2016 11:21 pm    Post subject: Perspex sliding direct view panels Reply with quote
Frustrated with reflections in my ariel photos I am looking again at a sliding window in the cockpit Perspex. I'd be interested to know if it's practical to stick a lens out at 130knts and whether it would be just too alarming/ noisy/ blowy. Re the window, the mecaplex one is around 500£, so not cheap for a punt, and I have concerns about small splits/ cracks appearing. Any comments from anyone who uses one would be appreciated. I already have three NCA air inlets so it's not SO much about ventilation. I recall Pete Jeffers offering a jig a while back.
An alternative might be a non reflective glass window lower down I suppose, in the body where there is less light bouncing about. Or perhaps I should just experiment more with black tubes/ foam around the camera lens.

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PostPosted: Tue Sep 06, 2016 12:43 am    Post subject: Perspex sliding direct view panels Reply with quote
A large rubber lens hood works quite well to stop reflections, you can get
a reasonably light proof seal with this.

I know this is not answering your question and you've probably already
tried this but I couldn't let it go unmentioned.

A removable panel in the bottom of the cockpit might work, you could also
drop bombs thought it. Smile
On Tue, Sep 6, 2016 at 7:21 PM, graeme bird <graeme(at)gdbmk.co.uk> wrote:

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Frustrated with reflections in my ariel photos I am looking again at a
sliding window in the cockpit Perspex. I'd be interested to know if it's
practical to stick a lens out at 130knts and whether it would be just too
alarming/ noisy/ blowy. Re the window, the mecaplex one is around 500£, so
not cheap for a punt, and I have concerns about small splits/ cracks
appearing. Any comments from anyone who uses one would be appreciated. I
already have three NCA air inlets so it's not SO much about ventilation. I
recall Pete Jeffers offering a jig a while back.
An alternative might be a non reflective glass window lower down I
suppose, in the body where there is less light bouncing about. Or perhaps I
should just experiment more with black tubes/ foam around the camera lens

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PostPosted: Tue Sep 06, 2016 4:43 am    Post subject: Re: Perspex sliding direct view panels Reply with quote
What about the direct vision panel? The mod was by Peter Kember if i remember correctly?

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PostPosted: Tue May 12, 2020 10:20 pm    Post subject: Re: Perspex sliding direct view panels Reply with quote
Yeah, your logic is working well, so you’re right. I think you should get it fixed somewhere. Those indicators are not supposed to be like that. Something is clearly going wrong. I’ve had a similar problem, but I got it quickly fixed with the help from the guys at Ongill Electric. I recommend you take it to a place like that, where professionals can repair it and you won’t have to pay much. Or just change it, maybe that will be easier to do rather than looking for a place where to fix it. Good luck with that.

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