Jeff,
The hinges sheared right in the middle.
Cheers
Sven
----- Original Message -----
From: "JEFF ROBERTS" <jeff@rmmm.net>
Subject: Re: Europa-List: Did you lock the door today ?
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> Just curious Sven,
> When the door departed, where did the separation take place. Was it
> right at the hinge or did the bolts pull out of the holes. I have been
> working on painting my doors and have been considering a fix for this
> worry that a cozy builder used. He placed an inside secondary latch.
> I'm not sure if this is legal because it cant open from the outside,
> but it would solve any worries.
> Jeff
> A258
> On Apr 5, 2005, at 11:57 AM, Sven den Boer wrote:
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> > <svendenboer@quicknet.nl>
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> > Saturday april 2nd, a nice day for a ride with beautiful weather.
> > After take off, turning out of the circuit and towards the lake,
> > having a
> > passenger onboard, a ride over water is always a bit more smooth.
> > After 15 minutes of flight a Whoosh sound was noted, I did not take
> > long to
> > realize that the pilot door had disappeared and had actually departed
> > the
> > aircraft. Was I glad being over water.
> > The aircraft was undammaged and flying it was not different, except
> > for a
> > lot of noise due to the wind.
> > After an uneventfull landing and a couple of days of thinking and
> > investigating this mishap, it is most likely that the door did lock at
> > the
> > forward position, but the aft locking pin was outside the fuselage.
> > Being a quite new Europa flyer I have been asking around and this
> > seems to
> > be a frequent observation.
> > Now working on a solution, probabely a set of microswitches and a small
> > light will do the trick, since it is almost impossible to verify by
> > the eye.
> >
> > A thanks to Andy of Europa, who responded quickly and is trying to get
> > the
> > parts over even this week !!
> >
> > Cheers
> >
> > Sven den Boer
> > A168 (Cabrio)
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