"....The shape of the egg draws the door to an exact fit with the fuselage
and holds it there securely....."
Or the matching big hole in the door sill allows the (now weakened) fuselage
to conform to the shape of the door!!
To avoid the Big Hole, why couldn't this mod. be turned on its head?
i.e. use a much smaller egg (or eggs) attached to the door sill with the
corresponding holes drilled (and reinforced) in the door frame? The buckling
or bending strength of the door frame would not be affected ( now that it is
additionally braced by the egg/s attached to the structurally much-stronger
and unmolested sill).
Duncan McF.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Rob Neils" <RobNeils@aimcomm.com>
Subject: Europa-List: Door latch
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> Europa "egg" door latch.
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> I've installed a wooden egg to prevent the cabin doors from bulging in
flight. A wooden egg is trimmed and affixed to each door so that as the door
closes the pointy end of the egg inserts into a circular hole in the
fuselage. The shape of the egg draws the door to an exact fit with the
fuselage and holds it there securely.
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