Use the window as the
mold: Tape the window and the area around the window with packing
tape (Use painters tape on the window itself and then packing tape on
top). Cover the complete window because we all know that epoxy will find
its way to the things you never protected. Make bids to cover 4 inches outside of each of the 4 sided
windows, cover window by 1
inch (make them extra wide to hit the curved corners). Overlap is OK. Wet them on the
table and stick em on. They will stay in place until cured.
Before removing them, use a marker to mark the outline of the window on the cured
bids. This is the line where your material will stop and be
tucked.
I have heard of others putting some type of small bump
at the windows edge of the ring to
create a "clamp" that can bite into the
material. I did not do that. The ring is basically
flat.
So far, so
good.
Steve
So how do you….”Make a window ring out of
fiberglass”?
What did you use for a mold, etc.?? It sounds like
the ring is some kind of “U” shape where the inside clamps the
material….How did you do that?
Thanks,
Bill B
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Steve Richard
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Tuesday, September 16, 2008 11:05 AM
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Subject: [LML] Re: Cabin interior window
question
Make a window ring out
of fiberglass.
Cut the inside of the
ring to windows edge.
Epoxy the
outside half of the ring to the fuselage.
Lift the inside edge of
the ring. Bend the material around the edge and let the ring snap back to
hold material or said another way: Stretch and tuck the material on the other
inside half of the ring.
Pictures
attached. Sorry I don't have any taken during the
installation.
No glue involved (with
the tucking).
Steve
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Wretlind Family
Sent: Sunday, September 14, 2008 7:56
PM
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Subject:
[LML] Cabin interior window question
Hallo Lancair fellows! This is about
the one and only Lancair IV to be built in Scandinavia. The first 50 hours test flight is soon coming
to an end and now is the time to finish the cabin interior. As you might
understand we dont have people in Sweden specialized in upholstery for
airplanes. So I have a contact with a guy doing this for sportscars. He says the
job to make a nice leather interior in my Lancair IV is no problem except for
the windows. He never had such a job before to fasten a nice interior close to
such a window with nothing to fasten to and to get a nice line round
the window without having the possibility to screw the thing tight. Glue is
the answer of course but what kind of glue for leather or vinyl to be glued to
the carbon wall. Has somebody a tip how to do this? Pics would be
appreciated.
Christer
Wretlind
Box
29
179 03
Stenhamra
Sweden
Tel
+46-856044100
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+46-856044103
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+46-703777212