Hi All,
I'm beginning to fit Auster type windscreens to my Ulster Rep. These are the type that require a wooden plinth beneath them. Most period and current photos of these screens, show them just in front of the rolled cockpit edge. Screwing these wooden plinths down to the scuttle will require a hole a subsequent attachment not only to the scuttle but the flange of the dash. This would mean that if I ever need to remove the dash, the plinths would need to be removed as well. Would there be any disadvantage to relieving the dash flange where a nut or screw head from the plinth would come through? This would mean that the dash could easily be removed with out removing the plinths and fly screens.
Erich in Mukilteo
I'm beginning to fit Auster type windscreens to my Ulster Rep. These are the type that require a wooden plinth beneath them. Most period and current photos of these screens, show them just in front of the rolled cockpit edge. Screwing these wooden plinths down to the scuttle will require a hole a subsequent attachment not only to the scuttle but the flange of the dash. This would mean that if I ever need to remove the dash, the plinths would need to be removed as well. Would there be any disadvantage to relieving the dash flange where a nut or screw head from the plinth would come through? This would mean that the dash could easily be removed with out removing the plinths and fly screens.
Erich in Mukilteo