Hello All, This posting is rather belated but nevertheless I think it is worth doing. Some time ago, there was considerable discussion regarding the problem of deformation of the doors and the method
Hi! Kingsley. I'll confirm that all you say about Ted's mod. is true. Having seen it at the East Fortune Fly In a couple of weeks ago I can say that it is a most simplistic way of addressing the prob
retrospectively Bob, I am far from being an authority in this field but I can see no reason why you could not get the doors back to their original shape. I would try placing heavy shot bags (somethi
Hi! Kingsley. Yes, I was concerned about the doors returning to their original shape since that would leave about 1/18" filler sitting proud on the top of the fuselage. Nevertheless the mod. is a wor
Author: Ami McFadyean <ami@mcfadyean.freeserve.co.uk>
Date: Sun, 7 Sep 2003 19:46:38
I've found that the doors generally do have a memory for their original shape, once the distorting load is permently removed. It takes a while (weeks) and is helped by hot weather. ..................
Hi Kingsley, Yip, yet another thanks from me.... I would be very interested in any/all info you could provide about your mod. I really liked Ted's solution, except for the limited open pressure when
Kingsley, et.al., Please put me on any mailing list you might assemble for folks interested in the Door Support Mod. I'll be starting the fuselage soon so the timing is excellent for me. Best regards
I also would very much like to see how this was done as my time to do it would be now that I already relocated the struts to the mid section of the door. Oh well. Jeff A258
Hi All, The production tooling on the door strut mod is complete, pending release when testing, and instillation instructions are complete. The mod is installed on our demonstrator here in the US and
This mod is being developed in the UK, and will be available there sometime in the future, pending PFA approval. We are only doing the testing in the US. The mod will not be released until all testin