Clayton STC

[waltermrich]

Hi I just recieved the Clayton STC for a skylight installation, But Im not quite clear how you attach the fabric to the aircraft after you remove the center section of fabric from the the skylight area, Are you supposed to just glue it to the plexiglass or are you to glue it around the longerons and tubing of the opening? Any help to this question would be appreciated. N94961 Walt

[marc]

Re: Clayton STC

hey walt ,i too just got clayton stc reading the blue print im lost i thought more came with the stc i haft to take the fuselage up to the airport to weld the brakets marc n43643

[VictorBravo]

Re: Clayton STC

Although I do not have the Clayton drawings or know anything about the STC first-hand, I have done a couple of skylights on Taylorcrafts. I feel very comfortable in saying that you must wrap the fabric around the longerons or door frame and secure it back to the fuselage primary structure someplace.

My skylight design is the same size and shape as Clayton's and Taylorcraft's, so the fabric issue would be identical despite the differences between our respective designs.

On my airplane I sewed in a new section of fabric (using the "baseball stitch method right out of the book), which was long enough to wrap around over the top of the skylight support (whatever piece of wood or metal the skylight actually sits on) and then go down the inside of the fuselage, past the longeron, and wrap around the upper door frame.

The fabric was shrunk and coated per the (Stits) fabric manual and painted to match the airplane. One thing you MUST remember is to wrap the fabric around the supports then run it down the inside of the fuselage but OUTBOARD of the aileron control cables. This means the fabric does not "capture" or cover the aileron cables. This would be a really huge mistake to forget.

Bill

[waltermrich]

Re: Clayton STC

Thanks for the info every bit helps , Im sure you are right about securing the fabric, Im hoping someone will respond that has done the Clayton installation too. Walt

[flybikefarm]

Re: Clayton STC

Here is how it should look. George

[flybikefarm]

Re: Clayton STC

more pics hope they help

[flybikefarm]

Re: Clayton STC

sorry didnt send