Window colour and suggestions

[Joshua Blackh4t]

Hi,

So unfortunately I was the victim of a bit of vandalism. Luckily not much was taken (spare radio, licence, logbook, cheap phone with backup flight software), but the little pests tried to break the windows and managed to crack the pilots side window.

Luckily its a part than can still be bought, and also it can be temporarily taped up and still flown. Looks a bit like a bandaid though.

Anyway, my questions are: looking at the photos, would you say this is clear or tinted?

And on the knots2u website they list a uv block version. Does anyone have any experience with it and is it worth it?

Also, its covered by insurance, but chances are its not enough to warrant a claim.

[Hank]

Open the storm window, tape a sheet of copy paper over the opening and compare the white paper through the opening against the paper through the glass.

Solar gray windows are nice.

[LANCECASPER]

2 hours ago, Joshua Blackh4t said:

Hi,

So unfortunately I was the victim of a bit of vandalism. Luckily not much was taken (spare radio, licence, logbook, cheap phone with backup flight software), but the little pests tried to break the windows and managed to crack the pilots side window.

Luckily its a part than can still be bought, and also it can be temporarily taped up and still flown. Looks a bit like a bandaid though.

Anyway, my questions are: looking at the photos, would you say this is clear or tinted?

And on the knots2u website they list a uv block version. Does anyone have any experience with it and is it worth it?

Also, its covered by insurance, but chances are its not enough to warrant a claim.

There's a lot of labor involved in changing out a window, so it may be worth a claim.

Some of the labor is the time it takes to completely remove the interior - so it may be worth it at the same time to replace the other windows if there is crazing on them. Also it would be good to think about doing anything else at this time where it requires the interior to come out.

[BKlott]

In 2016 I replaced all of my glass with green tint with the UV screen from Great Lakes. I noticed that when parked outside during restaurant visits that the airplane no longer became “hot as an oven” but merely warm. The benefits to your avionics, interior and, more importantly, to you and your passengers at altitude make the UV or Solar Screen options well worth it.

[Pinecone]

I am planning on doing the windows sometime soon.  They are a bit cloudy.

I will go with the Solar Gray on the windshield and the forward windows.  I will go with Dark Gray for the rear windows.

 

[Ragsf15e]

My insurance doesn’t have a deductible… does yours?  Mine would definitely be worth the claim.

[Ragsf15e]

7 hours ago, Joshua Blackh4t said:

Hi,

So unfortunately I was the victim of a bit of vandalism. Luckily not much was taken (spare radio, licence, logbook, cheap phone with backup flight software), but the little pests tried to break the windows and managed to crack the pilots side window.

Luckily its a part than can still be bought, and also it can be temporarily taped up and still flown. Looks a bit like a bandaid though.

Anyway, my questions are: looking at the photos, would you say this is clear or tinted?

And on the knots2u website they list a uv block version. Does anyone have any experience with it and is it worth it?

Also, its covered by insurance, but chances are its not enough to warrant a claim.

Sad to hear that.  Was this on a public airport?! That’s terrible.  I would definitely claim that.

[MikeOH]

Thread drift!

I've always wondered at what point ($$) does a claim start to affect your future premiums...and, to what extent.  Probably pretty hard to tell since premiums tend to go up with time, regardless.

My thought is that insurance companies are going to get their money back, one way or another, so I've tended towards high deductibles (to keep my premium down) figuring I'd pay for the 'small stuff' and let the policy cover the catastrophic situations.

JMHO and YMMV

[Paul Thomas]

10+ years ago, a friend of mine backed up his airplane into his car. His broker would him the $15,000 claim would have no impact at renewal time because the value was below a certain threshold. Sure enough, his airplane insurance decreased the following year. He also had a make a claim for his car and that policy did go up.

[MikeOH]

18 minutes ago, Paul Thomas said:

... a friend of mine backed up his airplane into his car.

Did his plane have beta mode on the prop?

[Paul Thomas]

1 hour ago, MikeOH said:

Did his plane have beta mode on the prop?

That would be a better story. He was in a hurry and forgot to remove his car from the hangar 

[Joshua Blackh4t]

6 hours ago, Ragsf15e said:

My insurance doesn’t have a deductible… does yours?  Mine would definitely be worth the claim.

Yeah, it has 1% deductible. $1200 Aud. Also, it has about $500 no claim bonus.

For the stolen contents it has $350 deductible.

So by the time I get the new window here it will be about $700, and a bit of time to fit it, its still only just worth a claim.

Same with contents, it may be worth it, but maybe not.

The airport is at an Aboriginal community, so its kind of restricted area, and kind of unsafe for vehicles. However this is the first plane broken in to at this place.

Also, they have kindly forgotten to charge landing fees and parking fees so I won't disturb them. It would start adding up.

I've told my insurance company, but at the moment I think I'll wear the cost so that they have no grounds to refuse a potential larger claim if I continue to park here.

Its all a work related expense.

8 hours ago, BKlott said:

In 2016 I replaced all of my glass with green tint with the UV screen from Great Lakes. I noticed that when parked outside during restaurant visits that the airplane no longer became “hot as an oven” but merely warm. The benefits to your avionics, interior and, more importantly, to you and your passengers at altitude make the UV or Solar Screen options well worth it.

I'll think about this. It would be nice because I fly a lot in hot climates. I tend to put a cover over her as soon as I stop for longer than 10 minutes.

Thanks for all advice

[Joshua Blackh4t]

I did some emergency repairs with tape and clear plastic. This was enough to get me to town where I bought some araldite glue and a 1.5mm drill and now have proper repairs. Still needs replacing, but this takes the urgency off it. 

The flight to Darwin with the tape trying to peel off was a bit of a nervous trip. 

Pretty sure its clear and also pretty sure its original. Thats doing pretty good for almost 60 year old plastic. The front has been upgraded and I think its green tint. 

[EricJ]

Nice job on the repair!   Mine are UV filtering and in AZ it makes a huge difference in keeping the cabin from turning into a furnace.   Definitely worth it if the airplane sits in the sun very much, imho.