skylight

[vintageplane]

Does anyone have a pattern for the wood frame work for the skylight? Whoever converted this L-16A to a 7BCM butchered the wood and covered it up.

[Paul Agaliotis]

Larry,
You might try to adapt the Citabria wood work if yours is wood. The L16 uses stamped aluminum for its formers.
Paul

[vintageplane]

Thanks for the inout Paul.This plane has all wood there now but it is in bad shape. I never thought about the Citabria. Is that the same greenhouse?

[Paul Agaliotis]

Larry,
It,s got to be close. I used a Citabria skylight in my L16, just trimmed to fit. The convex surface makes for better optics than a flat sheet.
Paul

[vintageplane]

Thanks again. I will look into that.

[Nathan K. Hammond]

Have you checked a Wag catalog lately, they have several different skylight formers listed. Just a thought.

nkh

[MIKE UTLEY]

L-16 SUPPORT ASSEMBLY-TOP WINDOW, AERONCA PART NUMBER 3-585. WAG AERO CATALOG NUMBER 3585. THE PRICE IS $110.20.

MIKE UTLEY

[vintageplane]

I bought one of wag Aero's frame and promptly sent it back. The wood was very thin and rough. One end was split out where they nailed it together!
NOT GOOD!

[Paul Agaliotis]

Larry,
Did you find a solution? I might have some old Citabria patterns around if you need them. After I use this type of item I tend to store them at the bottom of the barrel.
Paul

[vintageplane]

I am going to use what I have and "customize" it a touch and make it fit better. I have the old ones that are severely dry rotted but I wanted to make sure they were what is supposed to be there. Mine are 3/4" thick as opposed to the 3/8" to 1/2 thick that wag sent. Theirs was ugly! A local friend is working with me. When he saw it his comment was " If I turned that into my shop teacher, I would have failed!" Thanks for your help. I will keep you posted.
Larry