[simpits-tech] final windscreen design...

[Sean Galbraith]

I like it.  Starting to take shape in that "hey it looks like a... no 
wait, maybe a...." sort of way.

Only thing I can see, which may not actually be a problem is the 
dimension of the rear "bulkhead" of the screen;  How much of your 
forward view is it going to block?  But then I suppose it is a fairly 
structural component, knowing how much people like to swing on the 
canopy bow of the A-4 :)

I do like the look though, I like it a lot.. but my wife says I am 
not allowed one.... maybe the TA-4 (currently at work) the Queenair 
(in "storage") the half-a-737 (building for a workmate) and the 
Spitfire (Which I am building in return for the software to run my 
sim... sketches of which keep appearing on the kitchen table, leading 
to probing questions...) are too much?

Sean

At 04:21 a.m. 30/11/2008, you wrote:

>Ok gang, I need a yea or nay on this windscreen layout.
>
>Here's a rendering if it on the cockpit frame:
>http://www.geneb.org/pitkit/windscreen_test/windscreen_whole.png
>
>Here are two different views of the windscreen frame all by itself:
>http://www.geneb.org/pitkit/windscreen_test/windscreen_alone_1.png
>http://www.geneb.org/pitkit/windscreen_test/windscreen_alone_2.png
>
>This is similar to the one I posted previously, but the "fit" to the
>cockpit shell is much better.  The top solid part can have a small cutout
>in it or not - the part is 6" by 14".
>
>There is no "face" frame on the windscreen as I think it would interfere
>too much with the forward view of the screen.
>
>The area forward of the windscreen would be a flat deck that could be used
>to support a standard monitor or an "in your face" mounted rear projection
>screen.
>
>I need to know if you guys (and gal?) spot any fatal errors in this
>assembly.  It WILL require you have a table saw to build.  There are
>multiple 25 degree and 100 degree cuts that need to be made in order to
>make things fit properly.
>
>Don't be shy - I need to know of any problems before any of these are in
>the field.
>
>Thanks all!
>
>g.
>
>
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