skylights - pros & cons
Posted: Sun Feb 19, 2012 8:42 pm
I've read the archives and list over the years on this, but on account of
I'm in the thick of it, I'd sure like an update -- from those who are
flying, and have or haven't installed roof skylights (eyebrows may be
different topic). I have just now installed one skylight over the baggage
area, where I do want some light. Several others have squawked about the the
drawbacks of the two positions behind the seats -- no utility and too much
sun on the back of the neck. So I won't bother with those. Of course, any
skylights add a little weight and work.
In short, I am trying to decide whether to add just two more, directly over
the seats. I know some have opined those two aren't all that useful for
spotting planes in a turn, so I probably wouldn't add them for that purpose.
However, I've been thinking they could be useful in a turn in tight corners
when, even though I don't need enough resolution to read an enemy "N" number
<g>, I might nevertheless like to take a glance at, say, an opposite canyon
wall.
So the real question is one of overhead skylight utility -- for seeing
stuff. Does anyone really find the ones over the seats useful to see traffic
in a turn? (I suspect not.) How about to glance at large objects, like
nearby rocks?
Ron
N254MR
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I'm in the thick of it, I'd sure like an update -- from those who are
flying, and have or haven't installed roof skylights (eyebrows may be
different topic). I have just now installed one skylight over the baggage
area, where I do want some light. Several others have squawked about the the
drawbacks of the two positions behind the seats -- no utility and too much
sun on the back of the neck. So I won't bother with those. Of course, any
skylights add a little weight and work.
In short, I am trying to decide whether to add just two more, directly over
the seats. I know some have opined those two aren't all that useful for
spotting planes in a turn, so I probably wouldn't add them for that purpose.
However, I've been thinking they could be useful in a turn in tight corners
when, even though I don't need enough resolution to read an enemy "N" number
<g>, I might nevertheless like to take a glance at, say, an opposite canyon
wall.
So the real question is one of overhead skylight utility -- for seeing
stuff. Does anyone really find the ones over the seats useful to see traffic
in a turn? (I suspect not.) How about to glance at large objects, like
nearby rocks?
Ron
N254MR
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