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From: "Klaus Dietrich" <Klaus.Dietrich@oracle.com>
> if you build precisely and if you bond the cut out for the door mechanisme
> back in place (as per the manual), your door will be sufficiently stiff
and
> no in-flight-bulging/opening will happen.
I agree.
> However it's good idea to stiffen the lower frame (as advised by Nigel
> Graham) with 2-3 layers of bid or glassing a small wedge in the radius,
> because this area really gets bent (especially when passengers step on the
> frame when entering the plane...)
I stiffened the lower frame by cutting 3mm ply to make a small
bulkhead in the space between the headrest and the lower sill. Before
fitting the bulkheads the paint cracked in a horizontal lines about one inch
below the sill in the centre of the frame, but since fitting them there has
been no cracking in this area.
Roger. G-BXTD.
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