Polarized sunglasses and pilots don't mix.

"Grindintosecond" (Grindintosecond) 08/09/2020 at 20:35 • Filed to: None

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Polarized sunglasses. A Bain of existence. Especially when prescription sunglasses are lost, and until new ones are bought and lenses are crafted, old-man fit overs will have to do. At issue is that almost all are plain old polarized.

An y display screen or digital unit turns black with a head tilt. For anything with a treated window....it’s a world of rainbows as shot through the lense with my phone.

Here is normal.

I hate thes e so much.

atfsgeoff > Grindintosecond 08/09/2020 at 20:39

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Taste the rainbow

wkiernan > atfsgeoff 08/09/2020 at 20:46

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With impa ir ed vision like that you’ll be lucky not to taste the runway.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > Grindintosecond 08/09/2020 at 20:46

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What are you driving?

dogisbadob > Grindintosecond 08/09/2020 at 20:47

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looks cool tho

For Sweden > Grindintosecond 08/09/2020 at 20:53

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And then nobody told the mechanics that taxi aircraft about this because ¯\_()_/¯

CB > Grindintosecond 08/09/2020 at 21:05

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Maybe instruments need to be improved to work with polarized glasses if so many people use them. The screen in the F-150 and laptop in front of me have no problem with polarized sunglasses on.

Grindintosecond > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 08/09/2020 at 21:09

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737

TheRealBicycleBuck > Grindintosecond 08/09/2020 at 21:29

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That needs to be a feature on GA aircraft. Also a dd a good UV filter to help keep the interiors from fading to dust on planes that are always parked outside.

subexpression > Grindintosecond 08/09/2020 at 21:58

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I haven’t had trouble with newer cars’ dashboards/screens and polarized sunglasses unless I lean way out of position , though some from not many years ago had more serious problems. What I do see is that some solar-tinted car w indows get a weird crosshatch interference pattern with my polarized lenses that isn’t visible with plain sunglasses . I can see through it and most cars don’t have that tint on any front windows, but it’s a little distracting to the eye.

gmporschenut also a fan of hondas > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 08/09/2020 at 22:22

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blind

Turbineguy: Nom de Zoom > TheRealBicycleBuck 08/09/2020 at 23:02

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A decent cover will do that. 

Turbineguy: Nom de Zoom > Grindintosecond 08/09/2020 at 23:04

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Never had that issue with the Pilatus I used to fly. Kinda odd considerin g the windshield is constructed similarly to the Boeing.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > Grindintosecond 08/09/2020 at 23:54

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SWA? The nose in front of the windscreen is the right color.

For years and years, my fantasy job was flying commercial airliners. We’d have Kumbayah meetings at work at the beginning of each school year and invariably the question would come up, What would you be doing right now if you could be doing anything? I’d usually answer that I wanted to be the chief pilot at a major airline. But last year, when I was asked that question, I answered differently, with a fantasy that looked more like retirement, with a thousand-square-foot building that had a door large enough to admit a medium truck, an area for metal fabrication, a wood shop and a framed-off, enclosed, heated area for computers and textile work. Flying was nowhere in the fantasy any more. I turned 56 this year and I guess I outgrew the fantasy, though I hope to be remembered as one of the better pilots who never flew.

You go, Mister; you go.

TheRealBicycleBuck > Turbineguy: Nom de Zoom 08/10/2020 at 00:16

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And then there’s the hassle of dealing with a cover. I’ve seen covers blown partway off, mildewed, ripped, and rotted. Brand new seems nice, but I think I’d rather not have to deal with it. Ideal case would be a hangar!

Turbineguy: Nom de Zoom > TheRealBicycleBuck 08/10/2020 at 09:22

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What they charge for hangar space at my home ‘drome is criminal. Covers are a pita but a helluva lot cheaper. 

TheRealBicycleBuck > Turbineguy: Nom de Zoom 08/10/2020 at 10:30

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I was really looking into purchasing a plane, but I found that my home airport has a waiting list for hangar space 60 people deep. They weren’t even willing to rent me a permanent space on the tarmac. The fellow at the FBO said that once they get all of the derelicts out of there, they might have a space for me. What’s really crazy is that they have a construction contract for new hangars, but the contractor can’t get the gravel he needs because the source is on the other side of the Mississ ippi River and with the high waters, the DOT has closed the bridge to heavy loads. If I were the project manager, I’d hold their feet to the fire and make them get the job done or fire them for non-performance (it’s been over a year). There are other bridges that aren’t weight-restricted. The contractor just doesn’t want to eat the additional fuel cost. Meanwhile, the dirt pads are just eroding away.

The guy I was renting from said to buy a plane and just pay the monthly tie-down fee . What are they going to do? Tow it away?

Grindintosecond > CB 08/10/2020 at 11:33

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They worked well in my Ford Flex. Any treated windows from outside have a slight weirdness about them but nothing while inside. The airline windows up front have a metal mesh sandwich that when heated makes the view all weird in those pics. When off, it’s odd but not as bad.

Cant change the instruments without changing how they’re made and going through the whole test process again. Besides, the windows would still look horrible. Polarized is about unusuable for doing any of my real work.

Grindintosecond > For Sweden 08/10/2020 at 11:34

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When the window heat is on, it gets all rainbowey. With it off, it's not too bad. 

For Sweden > Grindintosecond 08/10/2020 at 11:54

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But then they can’t see speed indicator and start maintenance taxiing at 70 kts because yolo

Turbineguy: Nom de Zoom > TheRealBicycleBuck 08/10/2020 at 12:55

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It seems every GA field has derelict planes. At my airport t here are a few old Cherokees and Grummans that haven’t moved in so long the wheels have buried themselves in the asphalt; I have no idea why those haven’t been turned into beer cans by now. One of them, a Piper Lance became a resto project for me years ago . A few years back the airport put up a bunch of T-hangars which were badly needed, but there’s still demand for more. My friends that keep their planes there have outdoor tiedowns and they just cover them. 

TheRealBicycleBuck > Turbineguy: Nom de Zoom 08/10/2020 at 13:10

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KDWH has very few of them. I’d bet KREG, a much smaller regional airport, has at least as many as KDWH.

The situation had me looking at a Kitfox   so I could fold up the wings and take it home. Leaving a plane at a tie down is a recipe for more maintenance long term whether it’s covered or not.