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Old July 19th 07, 01:04 AM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
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Default Best paint or treatment for glare reduction?

On Jul 17, 12:59 pm, "HL Falbaum" wrote:
In the photography studio business, black velvet is used when you want the least
reflective surface possible... but that might look a little toooooooo funky in the glider.


That's what I use in my ASH-26E and it works like a charm. I tack it
down along the edges of the glare shield and a few places in the
middle where there's a reflex curve and it really doesn't look too
bad. Also stuck bits on the front air vent flapper, wrapped the
pushrod, etc...

This spring a made a few flights while making mods to the glare shield
form my MRX installation and without the velvet, the reflections were
amazing. This photo doesn't show the details of the installation, but
it does show the results. Note the reflected instruments high in the
field of view, but nothing up front.

http://ssa.org/test/Sport/PhotoGalle...4&PhotoId=2118

-Tom