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Originally Posted by shmoo
P.S. Is anybody familiar with a little window mounted dashboard rectangle that some people have against the cockpit glass? Looks like a little picture frame in front of their vision right against the glass. Almost like a HUD, but without any information in it of course. Is this some kind of landing or other coordination aid? If not, is there any such thing as a landing aid? Some type of instrument or visual sticky you can put on the glass to kind of steer the airplane for and insure a successful landing?
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What you probably saw was the hot plate portion of the deice system of the aircraft. I have one on my Seneca II and it is a pain in the a$$ sometimes. However, I don't complain when it is preventing ice from obscuring my view.
As for lining up, don't try to put the center line down the middle of the plane. Keep it between your legs (while taxiing, takeoff, approach, and landing) and you will always be right on. This way, you don't have that canted view to the right.
Michael