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johnfcliff(at)googlemail.
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Posted: Mon Jul 06, 2009 7:23 am Post subject: Door fit

One of my doors bows out proud of the fuselage along its lower edge, 

evidently the door frame is too curved along the bottom.



Has anyone else encountered this and tried remodelling the frame 

(perspex not in yet) with gentle heat ?



Or any other ideas ?



John Cliff

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rampil

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Posted: Mon Jul 06, 2009 8:16 am Post subject: Re: Door fit

Hi John,



Nearly every Europa I have seen in the field (i.e., out of the build

environment) has this issue.  It seems to happen more rapidly in

warm environments like Florida. Many fixes have been proposed,

none agreed upon.  Moving the strut helps the rear bulge, but not the

base of door bulge.  A few folks re-engineered the shoot bolt mechanism

to add a third locking point at the bottom of the door into the side of

the fuselage.  I don't know if this is effective in the long term.



Ira

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fklein(at)orcasonline.com
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Posted: Mon Jul 06, 2009 8:43 am Post subject: Door fit

On Jul 6, 2009, at 8:22 AM, John Cliff wrote:



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		   One of my doors bows out proud of the fuselage along its lower edge,  

 evidently the door frame is too curved along the bottom.


	


John,



I too have encountered this...Bud Yerly had a fairly comprehensive  

post some time ago about this condition and how to deal with it.



Fred

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grahamsingleton(at)btinte
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Posted: Mon Jul 06, 2009 9:36 am Post subject: Door fit

rampil wrote:

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 Hi John,

   A few folks re-engineered the shoot bolt mechanism

 to add a third locking point at the bottom of the door into the side of

 the fuselage.  I don't know if this is effective in the long term.



 Ira

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 Ira N224XS

John
	


don't do this, not approved in UK, it weakens the door sill too much.. 

You can make a nylon wedge/latch that will work just as well. Mal McLure 

did it this way years ago. Neat and effective. Might have been Bob 

Berube's idea although Jonti Docker suggested it too. He used to make 

all the fuselage mouldings

Graham

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europa471

Joined: 08 Apr 2009
Posts: 35

Posted: Tue Jul 07, 2009 4:20 am Post subject: Door fit

John



I ¨adjusted¨ the door curve as I was doing the wide body mod.



After removing the required section of inside skin, the frame is very 

flexible and can be held at the desired curve while fitting the new 

inside moulding.



Regards



Lance Sandford in OZ



John Cliff wrote:

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 One of my doors bows out proud of the fuselage along its lower edge, 

 evidently the door frame is too curved along the bottom.



 Has anyone else encountered this and tried remodelling the frame 

 (perspex not in yet) with gentle heat ?



 Or any other ideas ?



 John Cliff

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