Mooney 20F Side Window Mod

[DonMuncy]

Clarence,

You have my admiration for ingenuity, steady hands and guts.

[Guest]

Don,

I figured that side windows were cheap compared to the one piece windshield and having the old ones to practice with boosted my confidence. In the end it was really straight forward.

I plan to do the same to my Comanche in my quest to get 200ktas out of it, but this time I will try the windshield as well.

Clarence

[jetdriven]

It's going to be difficult to machine a step in the windshield due to the compound curves it has. I'm thinking of trying an "O" flute up cut router bit in a rotozip or a router.

[Guest]

Byron,

I'm not sure what style of router bit that is, but the flush fitting vent windows are cut with some form of router by the look of the marks.

As for the windshield I'm guessing that you will only need to do the top and side where the aluminum overlaps the window.

I have an old Comanche windshield in the shop, I'll do some experimenting on it.

Clarence

[Oscar Avalle]

Looks really great .