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Big time · 05-12-2013, 02:42 AM

Is it to add extra structural strength?

Or because they couldn't form its entire curved shape from a single piece of flat lexan or whatever (flat) material they use?

It's awful as it remember reading that Europe has a regulation banning more than 2 A-pillars. That means windshields can't be split in the middle.

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Big time EcoModding Apprentice Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Miami FL Posts: 121 Thanks: 1 Thanked 16 Times in 10 Posts	Why so many small side-by-side airplanes have split windshields? Is it to add extra structural strength? Or because they couldn't form its entire curved shape from a single piece of flat lexan or whatever (flat) material they use? It's awful as it remember reading that Europe has a regulation banning more than 2 A-pillars. That means windshields can't be split in the middle.