Return-Path: Received: from pop3.olsusa.com ([63.150.212.2] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 3.5b9) with ESMTP id 965579 for rob@logan.com; Sun, 02 Dec 2001 13:47:13 -0500 Received: from rook.innercite.com ([158.222.5.8]) by pop3.olsusa.com (Post.Office MTA v3.5.3 release 223 ID# 0-71866U8000L800S0V35) with ESMTP id com for ; Sun, 2 Dec 2001 13:41:10 -0500 Received: from colwell (host-228-9.dialup.innercite.com [158.222.228.9] (may be forged)) by rook.innercite.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) with SMTP id fB2IfI713734 for ; Sun, 2 Dec 2001 10:41:18 -0800 Message-ID: <004101c17b61$11766320$12e4de9e@colwell> From: "Steve & Claudette Colwell" To: References: <000601c177ed$9abfcc60$6601a8c0@hawaii.rr.com> <3C05F1BB.3000305@regandesigns.com> <003401c179b8$d67dda40$9200a8c0@skip> <3C08A09D.A565AC9A@sympatico.ca> <001601c17b54$5f27d5c0$9200a8c0@skip> Subject: Re: Emergency escape and IV-P window blowout Date: Sun, 2 Dec 2001 10:42:16 -0800 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailing-List: lancair.list@olsusa.com Reply-To: lancair.list@olsusa.com <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<--->>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> << Lancair Builders' Mail List >> <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<--->>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >> I may have suggested this before but here goes again. Build in an escape path, through the rear windows, in the event of the aircraft ending up on its back. My thought is to make the rear windows removable from inside by placing a wire or maybe .050 cable between the fuselage and the window when it is bonded in. With a handle attached to the cable (or two cables and handles to keep the pull shorter). I hope it would cut through the plexiglass or peel the adhesive bond. Or maybe a strip of .020 aluminum about 3/8" wide around the perimeter of the windows attached to a handle for peel. What do you think? Steve Colwell Legacy 2K Placerville,CA (530) 621-3408 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> LML website: http://members.olsusa.com/mkaye/maillist.html LML Builders' Bookstore: http://www.buildersbooks.com/lancair Please remember that purchases from the Builders' Bookstore assist with the management of the LML. Please send your photos and drawings to marvkaye@olsusa.com. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>