Need canvas window cover for PA 30-B

[Randy Johnson]

Need canvas cover for windows. Used but in good condition is fine. Need it to cover six window setup. Contact me at topnote@aol.com.

Thanks

[N3322G]

Took ours off years ago and haven't missed them.

[Randy Johnson]

Pat my experience is that the sun breaks down the plastic window and windscreen creating glazing. I do hangar my planes but when we travel they usually sit on the Tarmac.

What's your experience?

[N3322G]

Randy,

The Twin has always been hangared but also sits outside when on the road. It got sponsored with new windows (single piece windshield etc) in 1993 and most folks say they still look new. If not for the sponsorship and the one-piece windshield, I'm sure we'd still have the originals.

The big deal is no one cleans them but me since 1996. There is a placard provided by AeroPlastics that says "Do Not clean windows and No fuel needed" Picked it up at SnF awhile back.

I use lots of water to lower scratches - distilled or rain water becasue our local water has lots of minerals in it and my hand sans rings to get bugs off. Wiping is done with 100% cotton worn-soft T-shirts cut up.

If yours are already crazed you might try the Meguiars products to get them clearer. Their products worked well on my Miata plastic rear window in the convertible top http://www.meguiars.com/international

Living in TX, if the plane is on the ramp we have interior very thin, very light plane shields that velcro in the windows to keep the heat lower and protect the avionics - and if you are camping, nice for privacy to change clothes. They are metallic on the outside and white on the inside. I've tried to get another set but the mfg seems to no longer be around.

[Randy Johnson]

Thanks Pat...good info. Appreciate it.

[Charles Schefer]

I've been contemplating something similar... A company called "Sun Foils" (www.sunfoil.com) seems to offer interior sun shields like Pat describes for our Comanches (all types). The other alternative is a cover like Randy is suggesting... more bulky but perhaps also protects the windows... but what if in the wind it flaps around and causes wear... maybe the sun and elements are the lesser evil. Plane Covers advertises in the flyer and they offer such products.

I don't know... My bird is hangared and even traveling I try to negotiate a hangar if I am staying somewhere more than a night or two but sometimes the cost is hard to justify. Perhaps I need Sun Foils or a Plane Cover...

- Charles