Skylight in 1946 Taylorcraft BC-12D

[twlifto]

Can anyone steer me in the direction of whether or not there is an STC onthe installation of this skylight or other info would be appreciated. Thank you.

[Robert Lees]

Re: Skylight in 1946 Taylorcraft BC-12D

Hi there, welcome to this forum.

There's a bunch of information: try a search on this site using Clayton as the search word. Or try Skylight. He's a chap in Alaska who has a well-known STC for a skylight.

You could also search the FAA site for his STC too.

Rob

[Carrieve]

Re: Skylight in 1946 Taylorcraft BC-12D

At the time of my rebuild, the fellow in Alaska wanted too much $$ for the STC or maybe it was I was raising a family. Anyway I did my own. Mine are in the left and right triangles of the roof. It gives me vision out but not a lot of sun beating down. I did mine with a 337. I can dig up the paperwork if you are interested.

[Larry Lyons]

Re: Skylight in 1946 Taylorcraft BC-12D

I would love to see what you have done. There was a similar version done by the company but never sold; I think. Anyway I liked the looks of that style and planned on following that design when I got there. (a life time away yet)
Larry

[Hank Jarrett]

Re: Skylight in 1946 Taylorcraft BC-12D

The two triangles on either side was what was prototyped on my 45 by the factory. Beautiful design if you are a furniture maker but WAY too much labor for a production plane.
It is VERY nice in that it gives you lots of visability but keeps the sun exposure down while adding that little bit of extra headroom. When I put the new headlinner in I want to add some little hooks for shades to keep the cockpit cooler in REALLY hot weather. Maybe some rare earth magnets in the wood to hold it. Who needs a compass anyway? When you have the shades in you just have to remember to raise the wing before turning like in the 41.
Hank

[Larry Lyons]

Re: Skylight in 1946 Taylorcraft BC-12D

Hank I did not know you had that plane! I will be looking for a lot of pics but not for a long time yet. I am glad you have it, that will make it easier to do mine. However I am your closest competitor on being slow so no worry on me wanting anything soon!
Larry

[Hank Jarrett]

Re: Skylight in 1946 Taylorcraft BC-12D

When I bought the 45 I had been stalking it at South Norfolk Airport for over a year (as best I remember). She was sitting on flat tires with worn out bungees and I used to go out and chase the birds out and try to keep her preserved as best I could while I tried to talk the owner into selling her to me. Finally talked him into letting it go and it was destroyed the next weekend before I could buy it by a micro-burst. I don't know which of us wanted to cry worse. I had really fallen in love with the poor neglected girl, and now she was flipped on her back and all torn up.
Anyway, love is blind (and generally stupid) so we negotiated a price ($2,000 with a spare, freshly majored engine- that is a whole story in itself) and I hauled a trailer of junk parts home to tear down and rebuild. That was in October of 1982. She is on the gear with all the fuselage repairs done but I have been focused on getting the 41 reworked since it is so much closer to flying. Nice thing is all the wood parts for the skylight are under the guest bed downstairs, just waiting for me to test my furniture making skills.
Hank
Yes, I will be making drawings of all the parts.

[Carrieve]

Re: Skylight in 1946 Taylorcraft BC-12D

I will try to get some pictures of my 46 with the skylights. I have it stored in its only little shed until spring with the wings off. Any pictures I have are old snapshots and not very good scan material. I will take a number of digital pics as soon as I can. (They are predicting another blizzrd tomorrow.) I did the woodwork and I also made the headliner and it wasn't all that bad.

[astjp2]

Re: Skylight in 1946 Taylorcraft BC-12D

There is a 337 for a skylight in the tech reference section. ITS FREE!