Windshield and Open Cowls

[1938BF50]

Does anyone have any good pics of the 3 or 4pc (which is it?) windshield as well as an open cowled job?

Forrest, I have sent you several emails asking for help/info with cowling issues....how can we connect?

Thanx all!

[flylo]

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I can take some for you & e-mail them.Probably this weekend.Let me know any others you need.Eric

[3Dreaming]

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If you can come up with a copy of the October 1994 Vintage Airplane it has some good photos of the BL that I restored. You can see the 4 peice windshield, and a good veiw of the cowl. Tom

[Hank Jarrett]

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I have a set of the drawings for the metal parts for the 4 piece windshield and have given up doing the return to original myself (not that I CAN'T do it, just that I am recognizing that if I don't hire out doing some of the work I will NEVER fly again!) I don't have the drawings for the transparencies but have made templates from cardboard and am pretty close. IF you want to put the original "glass" back in, let's get together and make up two sets of everything. Where are you located? We can cry on each others shoulders when we mess up and have to do it over. At least when we are done there will be a good set of COMPLETE drawings of the parts required.
If someone out there has an old 4 piece windshield (even busted up) or a full set of drawings, SAVE US FROM OURSELVES!
Hank Jarrett
Virginia Beach VA

[TomLatos]

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I too am restoring back to original a BF-50, and would be very much interested in receivng a set of drawings for the 4 piece window.

There are good original photos located on this web site:

http://alliancememory.org/ Just search for taylorcraft.

[Robert Lees]

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Hank et al: would the early Austers be the same type windshield?

[1938BF50]

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Thanx for the responses! It is quite obvious that several of us have a want/need for the originality of the multiple pc windshield.

Hank,
Can you send me copies of the drawings for the metalwork? I will whip a set out and send them to you for approval. If you like them, I will make a few more sets. PM me for my address....I am in Lake Mills, WI.

[Carl E. Carson]

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I would be interested if you ever get a reply. I'm rebuilding my '40, BC-65 and would seriously consider doing the 3 piece windshield. Thanks.

Carl Carson in Cedar Rapids, Ia

[Hank Jarrett]

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Three piece will be difficult, but I did contact Mike on the 4 piece and will get him a copy of the drawings and templates for the transparencies as soon as I hear back from him. (OK, all of you who know me can stop laughing, I know I'm slow, and I will get them to him as soon as I can).
Hank

[Hank Jarrett]

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We will share with all as soon as we have something that works.
Hank

[3Dreaming]

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I had patterns for the windows, and metal strips from when I did my BL. I know dad has lent the templates out to people before. I don't know if they came back or not. If they did come back dad has them at his shop. We also had some of the round head soft rivets to assemble the windshield with. We had to modify a rivet set to drive the rivets. I'll check with dad on the status of the patterns. Tom

[1938BF50]

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Cutting chips and making metal submit is my forte. I would be happy to make as many set's of windshield strips as are needed for the group for the cost of materials. It makes sense to me that these should be made "long" and then custom fit to each plane? What I really would like is an original set to copy. If anyone has a set and would loan them for copy let me know. I have studied as many pics as I can put an eyeball on and it appears that some of the multi-pc windscreens are made of flat glass and others slightly formed/curved. Can anyone shed light on this?

Forrest,
Do you have the original drawings for these parts? Let me know. Thanx

[flylo]

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I plan on taking mine off & replacing the windows this winter.I could loan my strips & glass for patterns if you like & can wait till winter.Eric

[3Dreaming]

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Cutting chips and making metal submit is my forte. I would be happy to make as many set's of windshield strips as are needed for the group for the cost of materials. It makes sense to me that these should be made "long" and then custom fit to each plane? What I really would like is an original set to copy. If anyone has a set and would loan them for copy let me know. I have studied as many pics as I can put an eyeball on and it appears that some of the multi-pc windscreens are made of flat glass and others slightly formed/curved. Can anyone shed light on this?

Forrest,
Do you have the original drawings for these parts? Let me know. Thanx

I think there has been a few try to simulate the 4 piece windshield by putting strips on a molded windshield. The original plastic would only bend only one direction, and could not be molded. As I understand it the molded plastics was a product of WW2. From my experience the strips will have to be made for each airplane. The strips going down the side has an angle that changes from top to bottom, and the one across the top doesn't have much angle to it. Tom

[Sloanlow]

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Tribe

I have just aquired a 1938 Model A NC20511 #513. It was found in a barn having been there for over fifty years. It appears that I need at least a 3 piece (I can't tell from the photos) windshield. I'm Sure that Ihave the parts for it and that they are in condition to duplicate. IF, no one has plans/drawing etc. But I notice in some photos that some of the early models had a one piece windshield, What about this? Are my eyes fooling me? I knew a man once that made his own windshield by forming it over the aircraft on a sunny day. Is this possible or is this BS.

Jim Allison