A model windshield moulding

[t-crafter]

Just bought another project. It was mostly apart and the windshield was off. It was a flat piece off lexan poly. Can anyone tell me what the piece looks like that would hold the bottom off the windshield to the boot cowl?I have a BC12D windshield trim piece but that won't fit right. I have had several BC12D but this A model is diffidently different!

[3Dreaming]

Re: A model windshield moulding

It likely had just a edge molding originally that set in a groove on the boot cowl. No metal trim around the base. It was only attached on the door post and around the top. That is how my 41 with the 4 piece windshield was done anyway.

[t-crafter]

Re: A model windshield moulding

Was this a rubber piece or metal? It looks like something would have to have gone under the boot cowl and over the windshield. The sides were screwed at the door post and the top was a lot like a piper cub.

[Hank Jarrett]

Re: A model windshield moulding

You mean like this? Tge front piece is the "Windshield", the sides are "Windscreens", and yes, in the photos the LH Windscreen is cracked top to bottom. The rubber seal is an original part number seal. I added two hold downs to mine through the bottom of the metal "screen to shield" strips, through the boot to the tubing underneath.

Hank

[t-crafter]

Re: A model windshield moulding

Thanks Hank,Can you remember where you got that rubber seal?
Carrlton

[Hank Jarrett]

Re: A model windshield moulding

I'm pretty sure I got it from Forrest a LONG time ago.

Hank

It should be a standard seal for some other purpose. Taylorcraft was too small a company to have something like that made just for their planes.

[3Dreaming]

Re: A model windshield moulding

That looks like some of the seal my dad had copied from an original piece and had molded. I don't know if he has any left, but I have a piece here. As long as dad doesn't need it to finish his airplane I would let it go. I just used a "U" channel on mine when I did it.

[Hank Jarrett]

Re: A model windshield moulding

Only problem with standard "U" rubber is it doesn't seal down to the boot cowl and water can blow in under it. The stuff I got from Forrest has that lip going forward that the airstream pushes down on the boot and seals it. I did cheat and put double sided tape on the boot and seal to keep it from lifting.

Hank

[astjp2]

Re: A model windshield moulding

We need to get a run of it made again...

[3Dreaming]

Re: A model windshield moulding

Only problem with standard "U" rubber is it doesn't seal down to the boot cowl and water can blow in under it. The stuff I got from Forrest has that lip going forward that the airstream pushes down on the boot and seals it. I did cheat and put double sided tape on the boot and seal to keep it from lifting.

Hank

I just talked to dad to get the lowdown on the molding. He said the A model and the B with a 4 piece windshield uses the same molding as a D model. It is a modified "U" channel. He said Forrest did have some of it at one time.

Hank, the molding you have is for the airplanes that have the metal trim piece at the base of the windshield. The long flap that has the small bead on the edge goes to the edge of the metal strip where it meets the windshield. The last of this that Taylorcraft had made up was about 6" to short and had to be spliced to do the complete windshield, at least on the 1 piece molded windshields. Over the tears my dad has had some of this style made up. He has it for sale. A 66" piece which is long enough to do and airplane is about $50 shipped in a padded envelope. He said he still has about 150 feet left. If you want some give him a call at work. Tom Baker 217-342-3540.

I never had any problems with the "U" channel molding on my 4 piece windshield. When flying the wind pressure presses it down into the bead on the boot cowl. Granted I didn't fly in a bunch of rain, but if you are flying in rain the water coming under the windshield is the least of your worries. If you want to take a look ant the 4 piece windshield installed in my airplane take a look at the picture in this article. https://issuu.com/vintageeaa/docs/va...no-10-oct-1994

[Hank Jarrett]

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I would go with what the Baker boys said. Most of my expertise on the 41 came from them (at least the correct parts).

Hank ;-)

[t-crafter]

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I remember that article when it came out!! We went to OSH. in 95, so missed seeing Toms 41.
I have to take some pic. and see if I can download them here.
Thanks again
Carlton

[3Dreaming]

Re: A model windshield moulding

It was there in 95. It was parked with the past champions.

[3Dreaming]

Re: A model windshield moulding

I was talking with dad yesterday, and ask about the "A" model molding specifically. The "A" model didn't have a windshield molding. The windshield is put in place before the boot cowl, and rest on a curved tube under the base of the windshield. The boot cowl goes on top and the edge that goes against the windshield is curved up. He said a piece of "U: channel on the edge of the boot cowl where it lays against the windshield would not be a bad idea.

[3Dreaming]

Re: A model windshield moulding

Take a look at the Taylorcraft Story by Chet Peek. Page 59, with Miss Ayers sitting on the cowl gives a shot of the boot cowl over the windshield. I don't see any molding on the edge of the boot cowl. Page 62, on the top left shows the windshield being attached to the curved tube.

Pictures of the "B" models with 4 piece windshields show the "U" channel being used. The post war airplanes with the molded windshields you can clearly see the metal trim piece at the base of the windshield.