Europa-List: Re: Door locked inflight by pip-pins.

[rampil <ira.rampil@gmail.com>]

Hi Franz,

Yes, I know the hinges are weak from the personal experience of
having my open port door blow off the aircraft in a gust of wind
over 40 kts while on the ground, refueling at Norfolk (after business
hours of course) returning home from Sun n Fun 2006.  

That is weakness in the open/close axis of the hinge, the structure
relies on the fore/aft  axis to add parallel stiffening and tension
path to the roof.

Ira

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