mountainride
Well Known Member
I need to give my canopy tint choice to Vans first thing Monday morning to finalize my finish kit order. I am having trouble selecting the correct tint even after combing the archives. I am hoping some folks here can share pictures and experiences.
From what I know the standard Van's canopy is #2515 Light Smoke or Clear. This allows 76% light through which meets Part 23.
Back in the 2000's it appears "Todd's Canopies" was an option many builders were going with. From my understanding he sold tint #2094 (45% light transmittance). Does anyone have any photos of this example?
Right now I am leaning towards canopy tint #2514 Medium Smoke but now that I am looking at all the options am also considering the bronze tint #2539. Did anyone on VAF go with the bronze tint and have any photos?
The last thing is that I will most likely tint the baggage compartment window with #2537 (33%) or #2094 (45%) to keep the airplane cooler in the summer. I was looking at a Cirrus on the ramp last night and it was at least that dark behind the pilot. MY guess is the read windows are somewhere near a 20% tint. Seeing the tint on the Cirrus really made me question how they got it to pass 23.775 on the windshield as it appears at least as dark as #2514 from the photos I have seen online.
75% of my flight will be during the day in Colorado. The other 25% at night. I have always tinted the windows on cars I own right away and feel it improves the comfort of the vehicle dramatically.
I would love to see any pics and description of different canopy tints other than standard if anyone has any to share. I have yet to see a pic of the bronze tint.
-Jason
§ 23.775 Windshields and windows.
(e) The windshield and side windows forward of the pilot's back when the pilot is seated in the normal flight position must have a luminous transmittance value of not less than 70 percent.
Transmittance (all thicknesses)
Color number
Solar energy
Visible light
Colorless
85%
92%
Neutral Gray #2538
27%
16%
Neutral Gray #2537
41%
33%
Gray #2064
36%
27%
Gray #2074
24%
12%
Neutral Gray #2094
55%
45%
Neutral Gray #2514
62%
59%
Neutral Gray #2515
74%
76%
Bronze #2370
20%
10%
Bronze #2412
35%
27%
Bronze #2404
56%
49%
Bronze #2539
62%
61%
Bronze #2540
75%
75%
Haze values for all solar control colors is less than 3%
http://www.eplastics.com/Plastic/plastics_library/Plexiglass-Solar-Visible-Light-Transmit
From what I know the standard Van's canopy is #2515 Light Smoke or Clear. This allows 76% light through which meets Part 23.
Back in the 2000's it appears "Todd's Canopies" was an option many builders were going with. From my understanding he sold tint #2094 (45% light transmittance). Does anyone have any photos of this example?
Right now I am leaning towards canopy tint #2514 Medium Smoke but now that I am looking at all the options am also considering the bronze tint #2539. Did anyone on VAF go with the bronze tint and have any photos?
The last thing is that I will most likely tint the baggage compartment window with #2537 (33%) or #2094 (45%) to keep the airplane cooler in the summer. I was looking at a Cirrus on the ramp last night and it was at least that dark behind the pilot. MY guess is the read windows are somewhere near a 20% tint. Seeing the tint on the Cirrus really made me question how they got it to pass 23.775 on the windshield as it appears at least as dark as #2514 from the photos I have seen online.
75% of my flight will be during the day in Colorado. The other 25% at night. I have always tinted the windows on cars I own right away and feel it improves the comfort of the vehicle dramatically.
I would love to see any pics and description of different canopy tints other than standard if anyone has any to share. I have yet to see a pic of the bronze tint.
-Jason
§ 23.775 Windshields and windows.
(e) The windshield and side windows forward of the pilot's back when the pilot is seated in the normal flight position must have a luminous transmittance value of not less than 70 percent.
Transmittance (all thicknesses)
Color number
Solar energy
Visible light
Colorless
85%
92%
Neutral Gray #2538
27%
16%
Neutral Gray #2537
41%
33%
Gray #2064
36%
27%
Gray #2074
24%
12%
Neutral Gray #2094
55%
45%
Neutral Gray #2514
62%
59%
Neutral Gray #2515
74%
76%
Bronze #2370
20%
10%
Bronze #2412
35%
27%
Bronze #2404
56%
49%
Bronze #2539
62%
61%
Bronze #2540
75%
75%
Haze values for all solar control colors is less than 3%
http://www.eplastics.com/Plastic/plastics_library/Plexiglass-Solar-Visible-Light-Transmit
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