Hi John,
Nearly every Europa I have seen in the field (i.e., out of the build
environment) has this issue. It seems to happen more rapidly in
warm environments like Florida. Many fixes have been proposed,
none agreed upon. Moving the strut helps the rear bulge, but not the
base of door bulge. A few folks re-engineered the shoot bolt mechanism
to add a third locking point at the bottom of the door into the side of
the fuselage. I don't know if this is effective in the long term.
Ira
Doing my 5th year Annual
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