Hi Chuck,
Haven't seen the fabled third pin in action, however the wooden ball
positively locates bottom centre of door to frame and should eliminate
bulging of lower door edge in flight. This has nothing to do with the gas
struts!
Rog.
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Subject: RE: Door 3rd pin (was: Roll Trim Tab)
Hi Rog-
Am I missing something? Does this take the place of the 3rd pin?
Could you elaborate?
Pops
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From: owner-europa@post.aviators.net
Subject: RE: Door 3rd pin (was: Roll Trim Tab)
Dear Miles,
I used an 18mm dia hardwood ball found in a joiners workshop. Cut in half &
lay in 10 mm hole in door sill flat side up. Apply redux close door & walk
away. No bulge.
My progress currently at snails pace due to those good old other
commitments - doh.
Rog.
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From: owner-europa@post.aviators.net
Subject: Door 3rd pin (was: Roll Trim Tab)
I've been pondering on this one (to the extent that I've nearly finished
redrawing the mechanism in acad14) - but Andy thinks that a fixed, angled
guide pin in the same location does just as effective a job - and takes much
less work to do. Anyone tried this yet, and found any pitfalls?
Miles
> >Bob Jacobson's centre pin mod does a marvellous
> >job of making the doors close up flush to the fuselage.
> >
> >Tony
>
> Funny how great minds think alike. Jonti Docker, the man who made all the
> early Europa fuselages suggested that mod years ago. For some reason,
> probably other priorities at the time, it never got passed on, at least
> not in writing. I have to admit, I knew about it and this is the first
time
> I have written about it.
>
> It cures that irritating habit the airplane has of sucking (correction,
> blowing, there's no such thing as negative pressure) your shirt sleeve
into
> the gap that appears when the internal cabin pressure bends the door out a
> little.
>
> Graham
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