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                        OH58 kiowa canopy wipers

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                        roughseas
                        • Member since
                          April 2006
                        • From: Cebu City, Philippines
                        OH58 kiowa canopy wipers
                        Posted by roughseas on Monday, October 26, 2009 12:03 AM
                        hello everyone.. i'm currently building the MRC/Academy OH58D Kiowa Warrior, and already on my final touches.. just wandring why are there no wipers on the Kiowas as seen on some pictures? i understand its primary a recon platform with its mast-mounted camera(ET) and capable in all weather conditions, come to thnking it does not need those wipers on the cockpit canopy.. was planning on putting sratchbuilt wipers on the model.. any ideas.. thanks modelllers...
                        ....a ship is called a She because her bottom is always wet!
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                        HeavyArty
                        • Member since
                          December 2002
                        • From: Valrico, FL
                        Posted by HeavyArty on Monday, October 26, 2009 5:55 AM
                        The Kiowa doesn't have wipers.  The angle and slope of the canopy, along with the rotor down-wash, it doesn't require them.

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                        HawkeyeHobbies
                        • Member since
                          August 2006
                        • From: Neenah, WI
                        Posted by HawkeyeHobbies on Monday, October 26, 2009 9:52 AM
                        Much the same reason many other helicopters and general aviation aircraft don't have them, the rotor or prop wash cleans the windshield effectively. Though it does help to have a clean and well polished plexi! Of course bugs do present a problem, they seem to have super glue in their butts. Once they strike the plexi nothing washes them away except for some elbow grease and plexi cleaner.

                        Gerald "Hawkeye" Voigt

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                        grandadjohn
                        • Member since
                          February 2003
                        • From: phoenix
                        Posted by grandadjohn on Monday, October 26, 2009 12:30 PM

                         HawkeyeHobbies wrote:
                        Much the same reason many other helicopters and general aviation aircraft don't have them, the rotor or prop wash cleans the windshield effectively. Though it does help to have a clean and well polished plexi! Of course bugs do present a problem, they seem to have super glue in their butts. Once they strike the plexi nothing washes them away except for some elbow grease and plexi cleaner.

                         

                        Lot's of elbow grease!

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                        Melgyver
                        • Member since
                          March 2003
                        • From: Lafayette, LA
                        Posted by Melgyver on Monday, October 26, 2009 3:55 PM
                        Plexiglass and a semi hard surface dragging across it with trapped grit or sand would craze a windshield so fast it isn't funny!  We just keep them polished good and with a little forward airspeed it shed the rain easily. 

                        Clear Left!

                        Mel

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                        roughseas
                        • Member since
                          April 2006
                        • From: Cebu City, Philippines
                        Posted by roughseas on Monday, October 26, 2009 6:32 PM
                        ... thanks a lot, i really appreciate all the ieas ang infos... now i know... Godbless..
                        ....a ship is called a She because her bottom is always wet!
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                        DDonSS3
                        • Member since
                          December 2002
                        • From: USA
                        Posted by DDonSS3 on Sunday, November 1, 2009 8:05 AM

                        Here's a couple of photos I took of an OH-58D at Ft Campbell earleier this summer:

                         

                         I thought that this was interesting…

                        I was also amazed at how much gear was crammed into the aft cabin. No room for seats or anything back there.

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                        smeagol the vile
                        • Member since
                          April 2008
                        • From: Philadelphia PA
                        Posted by smeagol the vile on Sunday, November 1, 2009 12:02 PM
                        Wow, even your butt gets an airbag!

                         

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                        J.Warnell
                        • Member since
                          August 2008
                        • From: Fort Worth, Texas USA
                        Posted by J.Warnell on Wednesday, November 4, 2009 6:51 PM
                          This is the only aircraft I have ever encountered that has an airbag system. In photo of the cockpit you can see something that looks like padding along the forward door post. Those are actually the side airbags. The others, as shown in the lower photo, are mounted in the glareshield. And the original question about the wipers, these guys are correct that there are none. I work on these aircraft daily, so if anyone has any questions, I would be glad to help. Sorry, I am not allowed to take pictures.
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