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Re: Europa-List: Trials of Fitting (doors)

Subject: Re: Europa-List: Trials of Fitting (doors)
From: Graham Singleton <grahamsingleton@btinternet.com>
Date: Sun, 16 Mar 2008 00:00:01
Graham
are you aware of Ted Gladstones fix for this? His solution removes the 
load from the door and the fuselage, which probably both move.
Graham

Graham Higgins wrote:
> <ghiggins@cirruscomms.com.au>
> 
> Hi Fred,
> Welcome to the joys of building!
>  The real "pissed off" feeling comes when, after all the meticulous 
> fitting and fiddling that we perfectionists tend to perform, you find 
> that the thing changes after some time in the sun, with the corners 
> cocked up, looking as though you threw it together in an afternoon, 
> without wearing your glasses!!!
> Lesson - make sure you make some provision to prevent the pressure of 
> the gas strut deforming the door under warm conditions, as happened to 
> mine, built to original spec's. There are a few ways to do this.
>                Regards   Graham Higgins in Oz.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 

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