Make a
window ring out of fiberglass.
Cut the
inside of the ring to windows edge.
Epoxy the
outside half of the ring to the fuselage.
Lift the
inside edge of the ring. Bend the material around the edge and let the
ring snap back to hold material or said another way: Stretch and tuck the
material on the other inside half of the ring.
Pictures
attached. Sorry I don't have any taken during the
installation.
No glue
involved (with the tucking).
Steve
Hallo Lancair fellows! This is about the
one and only Lancair IV to be built in Scandinavia. The first 50 hours
test flight is soon coming to an end and now is the time to finish the
cabin interior. As you might understand we dont have people in Sweden
specialized in upholstery for airplanes. So I have a contact with a guy doing
this for sportscars. He says the job to make a nice leather interior in my
Lancair IV is no problem except for the windows. He never had such a job
before to fasten a nice interior close to such a window with nothing to
fasten to and to get a nice line round the window without having the
possibility to screw the thing tight. Glue is the answer of course but
what kind of glue for leather or vinyl to be glued to the carbon wall. Has
somebody a tip how to do this? Pics would be
appreciated.
Christer Wretlind
Box 29
179 03 Stenhamra
Sweden
Tel +46-856044100
Fax +46-856044103
Cell
+46-703777212