Cockpit Placards

[Brian Iten]

Does anyone have a source for making or know where
I can find the placards that are stuck on the frame
rails of the cockpit for a Discus? I have emailed M&H
a couple of times but haven't heard from them. Maybe
they are escaping the winter to a warm location.......
Thanks for the help
Brian Iten
MB1

[[email protected]]

Brian,
I had my placards made by Signs Now (local sign shop) They are black
vinyl over white painted aluminum about .040 thickness. I provided the
text, the font size and spacing. $25 later, I had placards to cut out
and place where I wanted them.
Clark

[Pete Reinhart]

Brian,
You can make some yourself if you are handy.
Copy the placards in your pilots handbook on to regular copy paper.
Get two sheets of light plexiglass at the hardware store (Lowe's).
Wax 'em up three or four times with a good grade of paste wax.
Laminate the placard sheet between two layers of light fiberglass and place
the second sheet of plexi. on top to get a nice finish.
West System epoxy is cheap and does well for me, and it's readily available
most every where.
You can use the same process for othe things like operating limitationa
etc., by typing up what you need on you computer.
Stick 'em on with your favorite glue (contact cement?).
Hope this helps.
Cheers!


> wrote in message
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> Brian,
> I had my placards made by Signs Now (local sign shop) They are black
> vinyl over white painted aluminum about .040 thickness. I provided the
> text, the font size and spacing. $25 later, I had placards to cut out
> and place where I wanted them.
> Clark
>

[John Sinclair]

SSA's got them.
JJ

At 16:00 11 January 2005, Brian Iten wrote:
>Does anyone have a source for making or know where
>I can find the placards that are stuck on the frame
>rails of the cockpit for a Discus? I have emailed M&H
>a couple of times but haven't heard from them. Maybe
>they are escaping the winter to a warm location.......
>Thanks for the help
>Brian Iten
>MB1
>
>
>

[Brian Iten]

Guess I should have explained my self a little bit
more. I am not looking for the stickers that are next
to the tow release and vent and ...... I am looking
for the placards showing the weights, speeds and so
on that are stuck just below the canopy frame on the
inside of the fuselage. They put a clear plastic coating
on the top of the stickers that ends up rolling at
the corners from my shoulders rubbing on them while
flying. I am starting to think that I might have to
design my own and then take them to a sign shop to
have them made.......
Brian

At 19:00 11 January 2005, John Sinclair wrote:
>SSA's got them.
>JJ
>
>At 16:00 11 January 2005, Brian Iten wrote:
>>Does anyone have a source for making or know where
>>I can find the placards that are stuck on the frame
>>rails of the cockpit for a Discus? I have emailed M&H
>>a couple of times but haven't heard from them. Maybe
>>they are escaping the winter to a warm location.......
>>Thanks for the help
>>Brian Iten
>>MB1
>>
>>
>>
>
>
>
>

[John Giddy]

On 11 Jan 2005 19:21:01 GMT, Brian Iten wrote:

> Guess I should have explained my self a little bit
> more. I am not looking for the stickers that are next
> to the tow release and vent and ...... I am looking
> for the placards showing the weights, speeds and so
> on that are stuck just below the canopy frame on the
> inside of the fuselage. They put a clear plastic coating
> on the top of the stickers that ends up rolling at
> the corners from my shoulders rubbing on them while
> flying. I am starting to think that I might have to
> design my own and then take them to a sign shop to
> have them made.......
> Brian

Placards including weights have to be made locally, because the
weights depend on the weight and balance of the particular glider,
which can change over time due to refinishing, repairs etc.
I have used normal paper, but laminated in plastic by a local
supplier.Alternatively there are techniques (dye sublimation ?) for
printing on prepared thin sheet aluminium. Check with your local
trophy engraving shop.
Cheers, John G.

[Mark James Boyd]

In article >,
John Giddy > wrote:
>On 11 Jan 2005 19:21:01 GMT, Brian Iten wrote:

>printing on prepared thin sheet aluminium. Check with your local
>trophy engraving shop.
>Cheers, John G.

If you want it done right, I recommend engraving.
Our laminated paper fades (especially in the sun).
If it is punched or engraved, it won't disappear
after a few months/years.

If I owned a glider that I was going to do mods
on every year, I'd get a couple of these printed at a time,
and get a punch set for the numbers. Then just
pop 'em on when needed.

The local locksmith has done lettering and
number punching on some items for me in the past,
when they didn't have to look to nice...
--

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Mark J. Boyd

[Jim Vincent]

You can download a template from my site at www.mymedtrans.com/personal.htm

Print out on regular paper, laminate with clear shelving paper, then double
stick tape.

Works great on my club ships, except for some AHole instructors that tear them
off with the rationale that you should know all the numbers off the top of your
head for all the ships you fly.

Jim Vincent
N483SZ

[Roy Bourgeois]

I redid the interior of my Nimbus 3 this winter and used the laminating
kits available at Staples and other office supply stores for placard
replacment. I bought the ones that are the size for laminating a business
card. Printed up new placard data on the word processor, sized it, and
made laminated cards with the kit. Stuck them on with double sided
tape. Looks good - cost less than 10 bucks.

BTW - Schemp was able to supply new interior cloth panels that went on easy
and came out nice.

Roy

Roy A. Bourgeois
Bourgeois Dresser White and Beard
4 Dix Street
Worcester, MA 01609
tel. 508 798 8801
fax. 508 754 1943

[Nyal Williams]

At 15:30 12 January 2005, Roy Bourgeois wrote:
>I redid the interior of my Nimbus 3 this winter and
>used the laminating
>kits available at Staples and other office supply stores
>for placard
>replacment. I bought the ones that are the size for
>laminating a business
>card. Printed up new placard data on the word processor,
>sized it, and
>made laminated cards with the kit. Stuck them on with
>double sided
>tape. Looks good - cost less than 10 bucks.
>
>BTW - Schemp was able to supply new interior cloth
>panels that went on easy
>and came out nice.
>
>Roy
>
>Roy A. Bourgeois
>Bourgeois Dresser White and Beard
>4 Dix Street
>Worcester, MA 01609
>tel. 508 798 8801
>fax. 508 754 1943

I DO apologize, but I can't resist this!!!!

'Bourgeois Dresser White and Beard'
'4 Dix Street'

Is this a legal firm or is this a
physical description left over
from an internet dating ad? <grin>