REFLECTOR: Berkut nose door closing system

[Richard Riley]

I don't know if it would be of any use for the Velo nose gear doors - 
the geometry is completely different - but I thought I'd share these 
pictures in case they spark an idea for anyone.

It's a VERY simple system.  2 springs - one coil spring, one made out 
of music wire.  The music wire spring holds the doors open, the 
retracting gear hits the coil spring and that drags the doors closed.

The pictures are about halfway down this page (yes, it's in Russian, 
it's a long story.)

http://www.reaa.ru/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.pl?board=building_from_plans;action=display;num=1131214460;start=75