Photo Window?

[wsweidemann]

Has anyone fabricated a removable or temporarily opening Photo Window? By this, I mean a smallish section of the side of the windshield or side window about 8 by 10 inches or so, that can be opened for photos and then closed again in flight.

Thanks, Skot

[fgayford]

Hi Skot
Why not just take the whole door off? I asked Mark once how the Gulls fly with the doors off and he told me that even at 90 miles an hour you don't get a wind blast.
I flew with the door removed from my JT2 and it was fantastic.
The plane is so stream lined that the slip stream just continues past the door opening.
Fred

[wsweidemann]

Fred,

I know the door comes off, I'm interested in a temporarily removeable
section so I can shoot through clear air and close it up again for the rest of
the trip. Up here it gets cold.

Skot

[earthstaraircraft]

Hi Skot
Not to my knowledge.
Happy FF lying
Mark


In a message dated 1/19/2011 5:31:11 A.M. Pacific Standard Time,
SWeidemann@aol.com writes:




Has anyone fabricated a removable or temporarily opening Photo Window? By
this, I mean a smallish section of the side of the windshield or side window
about 8 by 10 inches or so, that can be opened for photos and then closed
again in flight.

Thanks, Skot

[earthstaraircraft]

In a message dated 1/19/2011 8:05:33 AM Pacific Standard Time,
thundergul@aol.com writes:

Not to my knowledge.
Happy FF lying
Mark



Happy Flying, it should have read.
Mark

[blaswichk]

Skot,

I will take photo's of mine Saturday. The window came on my airplane, although I had to finish it. Basically the builder, (I'm the third owner), just made a 4" X 6" hole, and glued little plastic angles at the top and bottom edges, in about an eighth,, creating a slide guide. Then he used a piece of lexan, about an eighth bigger than the hole to slide back and forth. I put the knob and stop screw on. Works great, it's more at mouth level for yelling 'clear' when starting engine, but you could probably poke a camera through the hole, and steer with your feet when the pitch is trimmed for hands-off flying.

kb

[wsweidemann]

KB,

I'm looking forward to see what you have on the photo window. thanks.

Skot

[blaswichk]

Skot,

I just uploaded the picture of my side window in Kess's Gull 2000 folder. It will be at the end, and you will have to go past all the others.

kb

[wsweidemann]

KB

Thanks for the photo window post. It's evidence I am happy to see, so I know it's possible.

Skot