REFLECTOR:Elite Door Help

Wed, 16 Apr 2003 16:46:38 EDT

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Once you have the doors completely mounted you can loosen the hinge screws 
and let them "set" into place. Then retighten. It will take some trial and 
error to get them to fit well. Once they hinge well and can close, a bit of 
heat from a heatlamp or leaving the plane in the sun for a few hours will 
cause the doors to take the correct "set".

I just sanded the handles a bit and painted them black. I do not recall the 
washer and rivet deal.

I do not think that one would open the doors a bit in an emergency. I suppose 
if one were at altitude and making an emergency landing he could unlock the 
door and hold it, but I also think that he has a lot to do at that time and 
that would be too much distraction. Yes, the doors latched would add a bit of 
structural rigidity to the plane on impact.

When Bob I went in it managed to come down on the roof. The carbon beams 
functioned well, but the top still depressed about 6 inches. The doors 
compressed and popped out on impact. Neither door was still with the plane 
when it stopped. But remember, this was an impact on the top.

Bob Wood
N658SE XL FG
Bob II

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I just sanded the handles a bit and painted them black. I do not recall the=20=
washer and rivet deal. 
 
I do not think that one would open the doors a bit in an emergency. I suppos=
e if one were at altitude and making an emergency landing he could unlock th=
e door and hold it, but I also think that he has a lot to do at that time an=
d that would be too much distraction. Yes, the doors latched would add a bit=
 of structural rigidity to the plane on impact. 
 
When Bob I went in it managed to come down on the roof. The carbon beams fun=
ctioned well, but the top still depressed about 6 inches. The doors compress=
ed and popped out on impact. Neither door was still with the plane when it s=
topped. But remember, this was an impact on the top. 
 
Bob Wood 
N658SE XL FG 
Bob II</HTML>

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