REFLECTOR: Door grip

Sun May 13 11:16:58 CDT 2012

My wife likes when I open the door for her ;-)

On Sun, May 13, 2012 at 11:47 AM, Geoff Gerhardt
<geoff.gerhardt at gmail.com>wrote:

> Its possible its the location of the strut.  When closing, I need to ease
> mine down or it will slam shut - it requires a decent grip on the strake
> extension or a nasty slam.  Its not that its really difficult to
> open/close, but it would be more comfortable with a finger slot.  To be
> honest, I'm thinking about my wife opening the door more than me.  I think
> most folks would be looking for something to grab onto as its not just
> lifting on the strake extension, its lifting and pulling, and there's
> nothing to grip to support the pulling action aside from the shear force
> b/w your fingers and the strake extension.
>
> This looks like a good solution:
> http://www.sugatsune.com/products/ProductDetails.cfm?CATID=4&SUBCATID=3&PRODUCTID=HN
>
>
> Geoff
>
> On Sun, May 13, 2012 at 11:32 AM, Kevin Baker <flykb at verizon.net> wrote:
>
>> Hi all
>> I have not found on our plane that anything like this was needed.
>> We simply unlatch the door and put our hand on the bottom of the strake
>> pull up a liitle and the door comes up.
>> No problem
>> If others are finding something diff like its really hard to pull the
>> door up I would wonder if it had to do with the door strut location or
>> strut strength.
>>
>> Ours is the routine plans built no mods kind of velocity
>>
>> Thanks
>> Kevin Baker
>> N164PS
>> .
>>
>> On May 13, 2012, at 9:58 AM, John Dibble <aminetech at bluefrog.com> wrote:
>>
>> > I don't have this and wondering why it is needed?
>> >
>> > John
>> >
>> > On 5/13/2012 9:24 AM, Chris Barber wrote:
>> >> I need to add this too. I am still in primer. It has been done and
>> there are pictures somewhere in the www. I have seen them a few inches long
>> allowing all your fingers to grip on the bottom of the strake extension to
>> a small hole big enough for a single finger. All were recessed into the
>> strake extension. FWIW.
>> >>
>> >> Chris.
>> >>
>> >> Sent from my iPhone 4
>> >>
>> >> On May 13, 2012, at 7:55 AM, "Peter Braswell"<peter.braswell at gmail.com>
>>  wrote:
>> >>
>> >>> Geoff
>> >>> That's actually a good idea!  I'm working on that right noe and
>> hadn't considered doing anything like that.  Any aerodynamic considerations
>> that anybody can think of?
>> >>>
>> >>> Peter
>> >>>
>> >>> Sent from my iPad
>> >>>
>> >>> On May 13, 2012, at 7:56 AM, Geoff Gerhardt<geoff.gerhardt at gmail.com>
>>  wrote:
>> >>>
>> >>>> All,
>> >>>>
>> >>>> After I got my plane painted, assembled and in the hanger with the
>> doors on, I quickly found that opening the door was a little awkward.  You
>> have to turn the door handle with one hand while placing your flat palm on
>> the underside of the strake extension without it slipping.  It seems there
>> should be some sort of grip on the underside of the strake extension on the
>> door to help in lifting the door.  I was regretting not creating a little
>> cutout finger grip there prior painting.  I think I will make some sort of
>> low-profile, streamlined grip that I'll paint and bond on.  Do you guys
>> know what I'm talking about?  Has anyone else put some sort of grip there?
>> >>>>
>> >>>> Geoff
>> >>>>
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