> On Oct 19, 2015, at 8:37 AM, Rowland Carson <rowlandcarson@gmail.com>
wrote:
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> My intention is to make an opening in the fuselage floor, between the
port inboard and outboard ribs, to allow dropping of the gascolator bowl
for inspection & filter cleaning. However, it occurs to me that making a
hole could potentially cause structural strength problems. I picked up
some nice little snap-in plastic inspection covers at the LAA Rally but
unfortunately they are just too small to allow the gascolator bowl to
pass through, so I will have to make either a hinged or screwed-on panel
for access.
Rowland=85in a similar situation, I satisfied my structural concerns by
making a 3 layer BID flange around the opening which overlapped onto the
internal fuselage skin by a minimum of 1=94; I also removed enough
exposed foam around the perimeter of the opening to create a robust
floxxed closure w/ the outer skin. Contact me off list if you=92d like
to see some photos=85
In addition to providing access for my gascolator, the drop down hinged
panel reveals my 2 fuel drains...Fred
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