[rebel-builders] skylights - pros & cons
Posted: Sun Feb 19, 2012 8:42 pm
I find the ones above the front seats on my Elite useless for seeing
anything out of. Seems like there is very little field of view, that is
depending on how far your eye is from the lexan. I cut a couple of squares
of the aluminum skinned stuff they put in windscreens to keep the sun out
and put velco on them to block the skylights when the sun comes in. I
don't know how anyone in an RV can survive the oven they built during the
summer.
Mike
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anything out of. Seems like there is very little field of view, that is
depending on how far your eye is from the lexan. I cut a couple of squares
of the aluminum skinned stuff they put in windscreens to keep the sun out
and put velco on them to block the skylights when the sun comes in. I
don't know how anyone in an RV can survive the oven they built during the
summer.
Mike
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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