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zeus627

Joined: 28 Sep 2011
Posts: 4
Location: Berlin, PA

Posted: Thu Sep 29, 2011 11:05 am Post subject: Windshield Gap Seal Fairing

I have a Mark III C and I'm looking for a way to seal the opening between the top of the windshield and the wing gap seal.  I know that the Mark III Xtra has a fiberglass fairing for this area that gets velcroed on.  Does anybody know if that part fits on the Classic or if there is one available for the Classic?  I've toyed with the idea of laying one up with fiberglass, but only as a last resort.  Has anybody come up with a way to make one out of aluminum, lexan, or something else?  I've tried a couple of things like weatherstripping, but it doesn't work very well and looks cheesy.  Winter's coming, and I'm trying to seal up the openings.  Thanks.

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Mike Welch

Joined: 13 Feb 2011
Posts: 272

Posted: Thu Sep 29, 2011 11:33 am Post subject: Windshield Gap Seal Fairing

Brad,



  The fairing required for the 'windshield and the center gap' for the Xtra and the older MkIII 

aren't even close.



  The ONLY way to achieve what you are after is to make your own.  Making it out of fiberglass is 

going to be the easiest way to make a smooth flow.  You could make it out of other materials, but I think it

would be more work to get the smooth contours in aluminum, Lexan, etc.



  I had to make my own fairing like you describe.  It's not too hard, especially since it is a fairly small project.



  If you decide to go this route, contact me off-list, and I'll walk you through the steps I used.



Mike Welch

On Sep 29, 2011, at 2:05 PM, zeus627 wrote:



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 I have a Mark III C and I'm looking for a way to seal the opening between the top of the windshield and the wing gap seal.  I know that the Mark III Xtra has a fiberglass fairing for this area that gets velcroed on.  Does anybody know if that part fits on the Classic or if there is one available for the Classic?  I've toyed with the idea of laying one up with fiberglass, but only as a last resort.  Has anybody come up with a way to make one out of aluminum, lexan, or something else?  I've tried a couple of things like weatherstripping, but it doesn't work very well and looks cheesy.  Winter's coming, and I'm trying to seal up the openings.  Thanks.

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rickofudall

Joined: 19 Sep 2009
Posts: 1392
Location: Udall, KS, USA

Posted: Thu Sep 29, 2011 1:26 pm Post subject: Windshield Gap Seal Fairing

It IS cheesy, but it works and you can make it in 5 minutes or less for $5 or less. Get a piece of foam pipe insulation of the largest diameter you can find, get a bread knife and start carving. A 10 foot piece will give you at least three tries, six if you're careful. Use double back tape to hold it on. Although cheesy, if you spend a little time on it you can make it fit and look good. It has the advantage of being able to take it off easily in the summer when that air flowing into a hot cockpit is pretty nice.

Rick Girard

On Thu, Sep 29, 2011 at 2:30 PM, Michael Welch <mdnanwelch7(at)hotmail.com (mdnanwelch7(at)hotmail.com)> wrote:

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 Brad,

   The fairing required for the 'windshield and the center gap' for the Xtra and the older MkIII

 aren't even close.

   The ONLY way to achieve what you are after is to make your own.  Making it out of fiberglass is

 going to be the easiest way to make a smooth flow.  You could make it out of other materials, but I think it

 would be more work to get the smooth contours in aluminum, Lexan, etc.

   I had to make my own fairing like you describe.  It's not too hard, especially since it is a fairly small project.

   If you decide to go this route, contact me off-list, and I'll walk you through the steps I used.

 Mike Welch

 On Sep 29, 2011, at 2:05 PM, zeus627 wrote:

 > --> Kolb-List message posted by: "zeus627" <brad(at)mykcwireless.com (brad(at)mykcwireless.com)>

 >

 > I have a Mark III C and I'm looking for a way to seal the opening between the top of the windshield and the wing gap seal.  I know that the Mark III Xtra has a fiberglass fairing for this area that gets velcroed on.  Does anybody know if that part fits on the Classic or if there is one available for the Classic?  I've toyed with the idea of laying one up with fiberglass, but only as a last resort.  Has anybody come up with a way to make one out of aluminum, lexan, or something else?  I've tried a couple of things like weatherstripping, but it doesn't work very well and looks cheesy.  Winter's coming, and I'm trying to seal up the openings.  Thanks.

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Richard Pike

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Posted: Thu Sep 29, 2011 2:20 pm Post subject: Re: Windshield Gap Seal Fairing

Here's how we did the FSII. Taped a piece of paper on and trimmed to shape, did it again with aluminum flashing, when that was right, made the real one out of thin aluminum sheet.



Since the MKIII windshield swings a bigger arc, not sure how it would work, or even if it would work, but for what it's worth....

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Posted: Thu Sep 29, 2011 7:41 pm Post subject: Windshield Gap Seal Fairing

http://brigham.net/~byoung/gapseal.html

check out this sight,   you can see the yellow faring between the 

windshield, and the gapseal leading edge.  it started as a piece of aluminum 

roll that they make continuous rain gutter from.  the last picture shows it 

from the inside,  I used a hvac  heating venting air conditioning vent 

crimping tool.   by crimping at different levels of crimp,  I was able to 

get the angle of the windshield to the flat bottom side of the gap seal.  it 

was riveted to the windshield and the metal ring that shapes the windshield, 

and the bottom of the gap seal.  which is installed permanently.



boyd young mkiii  utah



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I have a Mark III C and I'm looking for a way to seal the opening between 

the top of the windshield and the wing gap seal.  I know that the Mark III 

Xtra has a fiberglass fairing for this area that gets velcroed on.  Does 

anybody know if that part fits on the Classic or if there is one available 

for the Classic?  I've toyed with the idea of laying one up with fiberglass, 

but only as a last resort.  Has anybody come up with a way to make one out 

of aluminum, lexan, or something else?  I've tried a couple of things like 

weatherstripping, but it doesn't work very well and looks cheesy.  Winter's 

coming, and I'm trying to seal up the openings.  Thanks.

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