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1. 01:05 AM - Re: Re: Cable securing from instrument board and aft - IDEAS??? (davidjoyce@doctors.org.uk)
2. 02:19 AM - door assembly sequence (Rowland Carson)
3. 03:05 AM - Re: door assembly sequence (davidjoyce@doctors.org.uk)
4. 08:22 PM - Plastic cable conduit for electrical cabling (Fred Klein)
5. 08:33 PM - Re: door assembly sequence (fklein@orcasonline.com)
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| Subject: | Re: Cable securing from instrument board and aft - IDEAS??? |
Ron, I like the idea of supporting the sill and anything suggested by
Nev has status second only to utterances by Ivan. Like many mono pilots
I have taken to getting in and out of my plane from in front of the wing
with a phase of sitting on the sill part of the process. over the years
the gel coat below the sill developed longitudinal cracks which might
well have been avoided by an interior section of fibreglass forming a
conduit.
Having said that I am not clear that you actually need conduits in most
parts of the plane. If you are going to line the cockpit with any light
material then wires can simply be stuck neatly in the line under the
sill or wherever and the lining material simply lightly glued over it.
Building light should be high in your priorities.
Regards, David Joyce, GXSDJ (914/WoodcompCS/mono/full panel +autopilot,
initial ready for service weight 833lbs)
On 2021-03-13 00:13, rparigoris wrote:
>
> Hi Alan I glassed a piece of Balsa to not only enclose a conduit, but
> add support to sill. Nev gave me this hint.
> http://www.europaowners.org/main.php?g2_itemId=86882 Ron
>
> Read this topic online here:
>
> http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=500950#500950
>
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| Subject: | door assembly sequence |
Ive got the doors hinged and fitting nicely, with the shoot bolts etc all operating
in a pleasing fashion.
The manual gives the next step as fitting the seals, then the glazing and finally
the gas struts.
Im not sure about fitting the seals before the glazing - Im wondering if the door
frames are stiff enough on their own to compress the seals sufficiently and
evenly all round.
My instinctive feeling is to fit the glazing first to stiffen the door structure
and then fit the seals.
I welcome any comments about this proposed departure from whats recommended in
the manual. If its a really bad I idea, please tell me!
in friendship
Rowland
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| Subject: | Re: door assembly sequence |
Roland, Following the manual did it for me. The seals do not create
great pressure on the frame. After all you have to be able to pull the
doors more or less closed before operating the push bolts. But in any
case it is very easy to take the seals off again if you feel they are
getting in the way. David, GXSDJ
On 2021-03-13 10:19, Rowland Carson wrote:
> <rowlandcarson@gmail.com>
>
> I've got the doors hinged and fitting nicely, with the shoot bolts etc
> all operating in a pleasing fashion.
>
> The manual gives the next step as fitting the seals, then the glazing
> and finally the gas struts.
>
> I'm not sure about fitting the seals before the glazing - I'm wondering
> if the door frames are stiff enough on their own to compress the seals
> sufficiently and evenly all round.
>
> My instinctive feeling is to fit the glazing first to stiffen the door
> structure and then fit the seals.
>
> I welcome any comments about this proposed departure from what's
> recommended in the manual. If it's a really bad I idea, please tell me!
>
> in friendship
>
> Rowland
>
>
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| Subject: | Plastic cable conduit for electrical cabling |
In addition to concealing wires heading aft, I wanted to stiffen the
door sill; I used a quarter round section cut from plastic pipe as a
mold using 3 layers of BIDfore and aft of the sill, I used a
half round pipe as a mold using layers of BIDas a transition,
I carved and sanded a piece of foam as a mold, overlade w/ 2 layers of
BID as a transition which I secure w/ a few dabs of silicone.
I did use piece of very lightweight, flexible 3/4=9D irrigation
pipe to conceal wires leading to an overhead console; pipe was wrapped
with 3 layers of BID to stiffen the =9Croll bar=9D,
fwiwall in all, tidy enough.
pixs below.
Fred
A194
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| Subject: | Re: door assembly sequence |
As I have always planned to just splatter-paint the cockpit interior
(which I did prior to glazing) I never considered attaching the seals
beforehandI suppose I could have, but I=99ve deviated
from the build manual recommendations for sequencing on many
occasionse.g., using clecos to delay bonding on the top until
the last possible momentno regrets thereFred
> On Mar 13, 2021, at 2:19 AM, Rowland Carson <rowlandcarson@gmail.com>
wrote:
>
<rowlandcarson@gmail.com <mailto:rowlandcarson@gmail.com>>
>
> I=99ve got the doors hinged and fitting nicely, with the shoot
bolts etc all operating in a pleasing fashion.
>
> The manual gives the next step as fitting the seals, then the glazing
and finally the gas struts.
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