Actually Bob, I was told the reason the kit comes with the aluminum
hinges was that they will sheer off should the canopy come open in
flight. If I was to bail out for any reason I would want them to sheer
off in flight. Thats why I ask where they failed. Sounds like they
failed correctly.
Jeff
A258
On Apr 6, 2005, at 9:53 AM, R.C.Harrison wrote:
> <ptag.dev@tiscali.co.uk>
>
> Hi! Sven.
> That all sounds somewhat of an important item of failure! Was there any
> likelihood of the hinges being maligned at all and in a position of
> stress when the door was finally closed down?
> Have you any feed back as to the situation with the other door hinges?
> Regards
> Bob Harrison G-PTAG Europa MKI/Jabiru 3300
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-europa-list-server@matronics.com
> [mailto:owner-europa-list-server@matronics.com] On Behalf Of Sven den
> Boer
> To: europa-list@matronics.com
> Subject: Re: Europa-List: Did you lock the door today ?
>
> <svendenboer@quicknet.nl>
>
> Jeff,
>
> The hinges sheared right in the middle.
>
> Cheers
>
> Sven
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "JEFF ROBERTS" <jeff@rmmm.net>
> To: <europa-list@matronics.com>
> Subject: Re: Europa-List: Did you lock the door today ?
>
>
>>
>> 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:
>>
>>> <svendenboer@quicknet.nl>
>>>
>>> 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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