Extreme Windshield Installations

[CanadianSheepHunter]

Tucked higher in this pic with rear edge flush with sunroof edge

[CanadianSheepHunter]

Tough to hold with one hand for pic

[CanadianSheepHunter]

Slipped out from clamp just as I took the pic

[CanadianSheepHunter]

Two clamps did the trick

[Clark in AZ]

Excellent pics! Thanks so much for posting all of the step by step. Very useful reference.

Clark

[CanadianSheepHunter]

Excellent pics! Thanks so much for posting all of the step by step. Very useful reference.

Clark

Yes you bet...if I ever build an XL I may have to refer back to them myself too !...good for brainstormer with others too.

[CanadianSheepHunter]

Installing the aluminum angle pieces, there is a 0.18” gap between the bottom of the aluminum angle and the horizontal of airframe due to both ends of the aluminum angle riding up on the diagonal fuselodge pipes, I will notch out the aluminum angle so that it sits down flat onto the fuselodge horizontal pipe.

[CanadianSheepHunter]

Showing where the front of the aluminum angle is riding up.

[CanadianSheepHunter]

Showing the rear of the aluminum angle and where it’s riding up and needs trimming.

[CanadianSheepHunter]

Same piece after trimming. Sits down flat now.

[CanadianSheepHunter]

Aluminum angle trimmed and cleco’d in place.

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Aluminum angle trimmed and cleco’d in place.

[CanadianSheepHunter]

Making holes here for the nutplates that will hold the top of windshield down.

[CanadianSheepHunter]

I came up with an idea for drilling the holes for the floating nut plates, I remove the nut by folding two of the tabs up on nut plate and remove the nut. I then Center the nutplate and use a spring loaded Center punch to mark one of the side holes then drill and then cleco the nutplate on one side, then repeat for the other side then with two clecos in I then drill the Center hole to almost the same size as the Center hole in nut plate(I drill my hole in Lexan that size too for maximum adjustment.

[CanadianSheepHunter]

Holes drilled/deburred/dimpled for the floating nut plates that will secure the top of the Extreme Windshield. I only installed 4 nutplates for now because I will remove those 4 when I get the brackets painted...just wanted some secure points for fitting the windshield top edge for now.