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Tommy Walker

Joined: 12 Jan 2006
Posts: 442
Location: Anniston, AL 36207

Posted: Wed Feb 28, 2007 4:52 am Post subject: Hangar Doors

List,  

   

My buddy and I are going to put doors on our hangar down at our little country airport (25A).  I think I saw somewhere a picture of some doors that were divided into 3 or 4 foot sections and slid along a track.  Our problem is two-fold:  1.  we spent all our money building this plane and, 2.  we don’t think we can build a barn door type opening  that would be strong enough.    

   

Maybe someone can offer a solution?  

   

Thanks,  



 Tommy Walker in Alabama  

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Posted: Wed Feb 28, 2007 5:44 am Post subject: Hangar Doors

Hi Tommy ,I designed the doors for my hanger .If  you will send your email to me I will send some pictures .wjones(at)brazoriainet.com (.wjones(at)brazoriainet.com) .   Wade

 Wade Jones    South Texas 

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Posted: Wed Feb 28, 2007 6:03 am Post subject: Hangar Doors

The overhead bifold doors are realy quite simple  and cheap to build and can be operated w/ a boat winch if you keep it  light.

  

 Aaron  New hanger in spring for new  601   do not archive

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georgerace

Joined: 25 Oct 2006
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Location: Albion, MI

Posted: Wed Feb 28, 2007 6:22 am Post subject: Hangar Doors

Hi  Tommy:

  

 I faced the exact  same problem when I built my hangar a couple of years ago.

 Check out www.cool-airinc.com

 That is the web site  of David Coolman, a pilot and door company owner.  He has a  booth at Oshkosh every year and brings along his sliding door sample.   You can see it there in action.

  

 I purchased his  sliding door from the SAV-2.5 series.  It slides inside of the hangar and  is a very neat and simple arrangement.  I have a 30 X 40 Hangar/Shop and it  has a door opening of 29 X 9.5 feet.  With the doors open, I get a 28' 6"  clearance between the doors.  Just enough room for the 27' wings span of  the 701.  It also provide a four foot "man" door at each  side.  The first and last panel are hinged at the corner post.  The  balance of the door, which consists two sections of three panels hinged  together, then rolls around a curved corner track and along the side of the  hangar.  It is a very nice working system.  Once the end doors are  hinged open, you can slide the three panels on each side open with one  hand.  And you never have to did snow out of the way before you  open your doors!

  

 The system consists  of steel frames that hang from a track on rollers.  The door skins are the  4' steel sections that are the same as the steel siding on the pole barn.   They just slip into place inside of the frame.  The finish product looks  very nice.

  

 As I recall, the  price two years ago was below 2K for the complete door system.  That was  minus the cost of the steel barn siding that I got from my pole barn  company.  Not a bad price as compared to the many other types of aircraft  hangar doors.

  

 You can see pictures  of my door on my web site.

 http://www.mrrace.com/mykitairplane/MyHanger/index.htm

  

 Yes, I have been  going to change the spelling of "Hanger" to "Hangar" for the past year!   One of these days!

  

 George

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Posted: Wed Feb 28, 2007 7:56 am Post subject: Hangar Doors

Tommy:

     If you don't want to build your  own, take a look at the Horton Stack doors:

  

 http://www.hortonstolcraft.com/horton_stack_door.htm

  

 They are small panels which run on bottom rollers  so you don't need a massive header to support the door weight.  The tracks  for the rollers are recessed in the slab so they are easy to push a plane  over.  The panels are small and nest at each end for good clearance.   Also available insulated.

  

 Regards,

  

 Randy L. Thwing, Las Vegas  do not  archive

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List,   

    

My buddy and I are going to put    doors on our hangar down at our little country airport (25A).  I think I    saw somewhere a picture of some doors that were divided into 3 or 4 foot    sections and slid along a track.  Our problem is two-fold:  1.     we spent all our money building this plane and, 2.  we don’t think we can    build a barn door type opening  that would be strong enough.        

    

Maybe someone can offer a    solution?   

    

Thanks,   



Tommy Walker in Alabama

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Posted: Wed Feb 28, 2007 11:02 am Post subject: Hangar doors

Tommy, If you live in south Alabama, you may have hurricane concerns. Randy Thwing's post re: HORTEN STACK DOORS show doors that look just like the doors used by my employer in several locations along the Gulf coast LA to TX. May be the same. 2 "X2" alum framed bifold sections with 4' wide translucent lexan. 

 

 The steel hangar at Venice, Louisianna had a 15'X50" opening and faced east. These doors withstood countless hurricane direct hits over 10 years. Strongest winds are easterly. Katrina erased all of Venice (including hangar) in 2005. Venice is at the end of Hwy 23 along the Mississippi river and is 8' below the river, 300' away. All other locations are still standing up to hurricanes with no problems. Good doors. Easy to handle.

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Tommy Walker

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Posted: Thu Mar 01, 2007 2:19 pm Post subject: Hangar Doors

Thanks folks.  I have some good ideas to follow up on.    

   

Your subscription to the Zenith-List has been extended for a year by me.  I also added the Rotax-List subscription for those with a 912 on their aircraft….  

   

Tommy Walker in Alabama  

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Tommy Walker
N25A - Anniston, AL

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Joined: 24 Nov 2006
Posts: 93
Location: Boise, Idaho

Posted: Thu Mar 01, 2007 4:04 pm Post subject: Hangar Doors

Ladies and Gentlemen:

I have had a lot of experience with the doors like George Race installed in

his hangar. The only thing that I can say is they become more of a

maintenance nightmare the older they get. The wind also plays havoc with

them -- especially the wing (end) doors. There is an old adage "you get what

you pay for"! I really like the bi-folds, especially the ones with the

remote control, but they are really spendy! Your best bet is the doors that

roll on good size "V" type rollers and tracks.

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Posted: Fri Mar 02, 2007 6:01 am Post subject: Hangar Doors

One consideration I have not seen mentioned for those of us who live in the 

snow belts, is do you have to move snow to open the door. Only the ones that 

go up are immune.



Aaron  do not archive

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