A large rubber lens hood works quite well to stop reflections, you can get
a reasonably light proof seal with this.
I know this is not answering your question and you've probably already
tried this but I couldn't let it go unmentioned.
A removable panel in the bottom of the cockpit might work, you could also
drop bombs thought it. :)
On Tue, Sep 6, 2016 at 7:21 PM, graeme bird <graeme@gdbmk.co.uk> wrote:
>
> Frustrated with reflections in my ariel photos I am looking again at a
> sliding window in the cockpit Perspex. I'd be interested to know if it's
> practical to stick a lens out at 130knts and whether it would be just too
> alarming/ noisy/ blowy. Re the window, the mecaplex one is around 500=C2
=A3, so
> not cheap for a punt, and I have concerns about small splits/ cracks
> appearing. Any comments from anyone who uses one would be appreciated. I
> already have three NCA air inlets so it's not SO much about ventilation.
I
> recall Pete Jeffers offering a jig a while back.
> An alternative might be a non reflective glass window lower down I
> suppose, in the body where there is less light bouncing about. Or perhaps
I
> should just experiment more with black tubes/ foam around the camera lens
.
>
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> Graeme Bird
> G-UMPY - Mono Classic/XS FFW 912S, Woodcomp 3000/3W CS, trutrak Gemini 2
> axis ap, pflarm, ads-b out, 8.33khz, mode S, FP 5, Aera500 & SD on
> Nexus,
> 250 hours & 4 years on the Mono, 880 total
> g@gdbmk.co.uk
>
>
> Read this topic online here:
>
> http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=460291#460291
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