glare shield

clayton991 · Post by **clayton991** » Sat Apr 28, 2007 3:50 am

Some 170s have a nice thick dash, or glare shield. Can you order those somewhere?

Green Bean · Post by **Green Bean** » Sat Apr 28, 2007 1:42 pm

You might try Robert Schroers, retired Boeing craftsman. (425) 746-9790. He made them, with recessed lights and has spare bulbs.

clayton991 · Post by **clayton991** » Sat Apr 28, 2007 7:24 pm

Thanks.

blueldr · Post by **blueldr** » Sat Apr 28, 2007 8:07 pm

Glare shield?

See Selkirk Aviation, Inc. They advertise in our C170 news. Located in Couer DAlene,(sp) ID. Ph. (208)664-9589. Talk to Joni or Dave.

iowa · Post by **iowa** » Sat Apr 28, 2007 10:20 pm

is this the black dash pad pictured?
iowa

sphillips · Post by **sphillips** » Mon Apr 30, 2007 3:56 pm

My STC'd deck and glareshield is from Aircraft Design Service Co., STC# SA152NW, with lites.

170C · Post by **170C** » Mon Apr 30, 2007 11:40 pm

There are numerous sources for the glare shields as you have seen on these posts. The guy who did my interior added some fore/aft length to my shield when he redid my interior. No lights in it, but it is more padded, expecially at the aft end (facing the pilot). In my opinion I think it looks better than the original, but thats a personal opinion as I said. If done the way mine was done it is inexpensive.

Dward · Post by **Dward** » Tue May 01, 2007 7:56 pm

170C

Would you mind giving some more details on your glare shield? It sounds like what I had in mind. I would like one that extends back far enough to block glare and hide instument lights but is also padded and upholstered to match my interior.

iowa · Post by **iowa** » Thu May 03, 2007 2:20 am

it sounds like the one pictured above!
but it came w/my plane
and i don't know where it came from.
in short i don't know 'sssickum'
iowa

170C · Post by **170C** » Thu May 03, 2007 6:59 am

As I recall both my '56 172 & 170's had no shield extending aft from the instrument panel. It was flush. I believe what my interior person did was to take a piece of aluminum and cover it with a fairly thick, black vinyl type material which then also covers the entire glare shield forward to the windshield. It extends out past the edge of the instrument panel about 3 inches as I recall. This does provide some shade over the instrument panel. I don't know exactly how he did this as I didn't see it while being constructed. It attaches to the original glare shield with a couple of screws and has an opening for the defroster outlet on the pilots side. If more detail is needed let me know and I can measure the next time I am at the hangar.

Dward · Post by **Dward** » Thu May 03, 2007 2:30 pm

Thanks to you both for the replies.

IOWA, that last line of your post decribes my perpetual state of existence. I don't suffer from ignorance, I'm starting to enjoy it!

170C, that sounds like what I need to do. Maybe I can locate a used fiberglass unit and then cover it to match my interior. The padded edge you mentioned would be a nice safety touch though.

clayton991 · Post by **clayton991** » Sat May 05, 2007 6:36 pm

Thanks for the glare shield info.

Post by **GAHorn** » Sat May 05, 2007 9:10 pm

If you cut out a glareshield, and use velcro to attach it to the original coaming...it is removeable equipment and no documentation is req'd.

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