Aerodon Posted December 24, 2023 Report Posted December 24, 2023 I'm looking at my plastic glarehield and have a few questions. Has anyone made one out of aluminum, is this allowed? And is the glareshield panel lighting required with a mostly glass panel. Occasional post light or Nulite on unlit instruments? Aerodon
kortopates Posted December 24, 2023 Report Posted December 24, 2023 Just my opinion but an aluminum glare shield sounds too likely to result in a fatal injury in an off field landing. I wouldn’t want one.Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk 4
LANCECASPER Posted December 25, 2023 Report Posted December 25, 2023 On 12/24/2023 at 3:34 PM, Aerodon said: I'm looking at my plastic glarehield and have a few questions. Has anyone made one out of aluminum, is this allowed? And is the glareshield panel lighting required with a mostly glass panel. Occasional post light or Nulite on unlit instruments? Aerodon Hector @ Aero Comfort does an incredible job of recovering the glareshield for a very reasonable cost. I have no idea what the cost is now, but his 2018 price list shows it at $550. I have seen him take ones in horrible shape and make the much nicer than ones in new Mooneys. 1
NotarPilot Posted December 26, 2023 Report Posted December 26, 2023 On 12/23/2023 at 8:34 PM, Aerodon said: I'm looking at my plastic glarehield and have a few questions. Has anyone made one out of aluminum, is this allowed? And is the glareshield panel lighting required with a mostly glass panel. Occasional post light or Nulite on unlit instruments? Aerodon I too had my glareshield sent to Aero Comfort in 2015 and it cost $395 + shipping to have it wrapped in leather back then. The leather still looks great to this day and I’m very happy with it. I highly recommend them.
OR75 Posted December 26, 2023 Report Posted December 26, 2023 On 12/23/2023 at 8:34 PM, Aerodon said: I'm looking at my plastic glarehield and have a few questions. Has anyone made one out of aluminum, is this allowed? And is the glareshield panel lighting required with a mostly glass panel. Occasional post light or Nulite on unlit instruments? Aerodon apart from weight and balance, flammability resistance and removing glare, very few requirements for a glareshield. However, I think the need for some flexibility to install / remove would make it very difficult to make one in one piece aluminum and not having too many "distractions" and hinges on there
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