REFLECTOR:Elite Door Help

[Craig and/or Denise Woolston]

We are in the early stages of mounting our doors to our XL.  I was wondering
if anyone who has been there already has any helpful suggestions.  I cut the
doors and sanded to the reference lines and I was going to mount the hinges
to the door using a straight edge b/t them but the curvature of the door (in
the fore-aft direction) means the hinge pins really line up.  I mean I can
still rotate the hinges but they are binding slightly.

Also, I started on the door handle assemblies and the old manual ('00) says
to pop rivet the AN960-4 washer to the Al. plate.  This is the washer that
the spring rod pivots on.   The new instructions don't say that but I see
the pop rivets are still in the drawing.  I guess I don't understand why
this washer needs to be pop riveted to the Al. plate.

Another thing, the door handles are a little "rough".  What have people done
to dress them up a little?

On a different what-if question, most aircraft manuals say that prior to
crashing ("off-airport landing") that the doors should be unlatched.  What
is the opinions about doing the same thing with a Velocity?  I can't imagine
trying to fly the airport and hold one hand on the door so it didn't blow
open.  I would think the pins through the door would help the structural
integrity of the aircraft in that stressful situation, but are you going to
be able to get the doors open?

Craig
Top's on and man does it look better!
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! Craig Woolston             !
! XL-FG in Palmdale, CA      !
! cdwoolston@earthlink.net   !
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