REFLECTOR: Door hinges

Hiroo Umeno humeno at microsoft.com
Fri Nov 3 14:07:42 CST 2006


I have a flat fiberglass backer-plate "glued on" from the inside using silicone adhesive.  That pretty much blocks any water from entering the cabin from the hinge area.  If I need to take the door off, I simply pry the plates off and get to the hinge plates.

Hiroo

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From: reflector-bounces at tvbf.org [mailto:reflector-bounces at tvbf.org] On Behalf Of Andrew Ellzey
Sent: Friday, November 03, 2006 11:49 AM
To: Velocity Aircraft Owners and Builders list
Subject: Re: REFLECTOR: Door hinges

That's what I wanted to do with mine also, but wanted to make sure that the door would still open correctly before I spent all the time to make them flush. What about water intrusion through the hinges?

Andy
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From: Hiroo Umeno<mailto:humeno at microsoft.com>
To: Velocity Aircraft Owners and Builders list<mailto:reflector at tvbf.org>
Sent: Friday, November 03, 2006 11:00 AM
Subject: Re: REFLECTOR: Door hinges

On my aircraft, the top of the hinge is flush with the fuselage skin.  Looking tangentially to the curvature of the fuselage, you will not see the hinge tops at all.

Hiroo

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From: reflector-bounces at tvbf.org<mailto:reflector-bounces at tvbf.org> [mailto:reflector-bounces at tvbf.org] On Behalf Of Andrew Ellzey
Sent: Friday, November 03, 2006 7:10 AM
To: Velocity Aircraft Owners and Builders list
Subject: REFLECTOR: Door hinges

Need some feed back on how flush your door hinges are to the top of the fuselage. The manual doesn't say how much or how little of the hinges should be sticking up in the slip stream. If I follow the manual and attach my hinges to the door first and don't add or remove any material to the thickness of the door structure at the hinge, I would have about 1/8 inch of the hinge above the door and top of the fuselage. Is this normal? The manual makes one statement like you should have from the center of the hinge pin above the door. Does everyone else have 1/2 of the hinge above the fuselage, or am I reading this wrong? I also would like to know how you are supposed to keep water from coming through the hinge when it rains. I intend to construct a pocket under my hinges to channel any water out to the door seal area to flow any water out around the door seal. Is this what anyone else has done.

Andy Ellzey
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