On most Europas I've seen, the end of the door tang is not parallel to
the edge of the depression in the fuselage mold, leaving a small wedge
of a depression beneath the curved plane of the top of the fuselage.
I've found that it is possible to eliminate that depression and
maintain a constant hairline-width (allowing, of course, for paint)
gap between the entire perimeter of the tang and the fuselage while
still maintaining full door operating range. In my case it was
possible to achieve this w/o altering the hinges or the portion of the
fuselage upon which they rest, although I did dremel out a portion of
the rebate intended to receive the end of the tang when the door is
fully opened, but that was easily re-glassed w/ bits of bid.
...just another one of those many sub-routines, but with a
particularly satisfying result...happy to post some pixs if anyone's
interested,
Fred
A194
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