---------------------------------------------------------- Zenith701801-List Digest Archive --- Total Messages Posted Sun 07/12/20: 2 ---------------------------------------------------------- Today's Message Index: ---------------------- 1. 06:17 AM - Re: opening door in flight (Geoff Heap) 2. 08:48 AM - Re: Re: opening door in flight (Clive Richards) ________________________________ Message 1 _____________________________________ Time: 06:17:06 AM PST US Subject: Zenith701801-List: Re: opening door in flight From: "Geoff Heap" My door opened on my first flight. It was impossible to pull it back and close it. You would need superhuman strength. You can' overpower the wind. Unlike the the pilot that John mentioned my door did not slam into the bottom of the wing with the door handle piercing the bottom wing skin before ripping off and hitting the horizontal tail, never to be found, my door went up high, did not damage the wing, could not be reached so I slowed airspeed and it lowered to about 45Degrees. It flew stable, like a third wing. I considered my options and decided to ignore it which I am sure was correct.I landed safely and changed the angle of the bracket that holds the door handle latch. It has not happened again. The bracket was in a neutral position and the latch vibrated loose on downwind. I changed the angle slightly to cause the latch to want to stay closed. This is not the "Bubble" door. -------- Dual controls. Dynon 180. Icom 210 Garmin 296. Becker transponder. Sigtronics intercom. Electric flaperons. Read this topic online here: http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=497255#497255 ________________________________ Message 2 _____________________________________ Time: 08:48:20 AM PST US From: Clive Richards Subject: Re: Zenith701801-List: Re: opening door in flight With the bubble door we added 2 additional latches driven by rods from the original latch simular to the 801. After door is latched we have added a simple latch at the front of the door to pull door in out of air flow. The door can still be opened from the outside in an emergency by the original handle as the door will flex enough to release the new front latch. We also used bolts not rivets in hinge on door. On Sun, 12 Jul 2020, 14:18 Geoff Heap, wrote: > > My door opened on my first flight. It was impossible to pull it back and > close > it. You would need superhuman strength. You can' overpower the wind. > Unlike the the pilot that John mentioned my door did not slam into the > bottom of the wing with the door handle piercing the bottom wing skin > before ripping off and hitting the horizontal tail, never to be found, my > door went up high, did not damage the wing, could not be reached so I > slowed airspeed and it lowered to about 45Degrees. It flew stable, like a > third wing. I considered my options and decided to ignore it which I am > sure was correct.I landed safely and changed the angle of the bracket that > holds the door handle latch. It has not happened again. The bracket was in > a neutral position and the latch vibrated loose on downwind. I changed the > angle slightly to cause the latch to want to stay closed. This is not the > "Bubble" door. > > -------- > Dual controls. Dynon 180. Icom 210 Garmin 296. Becker transponder. > Sigtronics intercom. Electric flaperons. > > > Read this topic online here: > > http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=497255#497255 > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Other Matronics Email List Services ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Post A New Message zenith701801-list@matronics.com UN/SUBSCRIBE http://www.matronics.com/subscription List FAQ http://www.matronics.com/FAQ/Zenith701801-List.htm Web Forum Interface To Lists http://forums.matronics.com Matronics List Wiki http://wiki.matronics.com Full Archive Search Engine http://www.matronics.com/search 7-Day List Browse http://www.matronics.com/browse/zenith701801-list Browse Digests http://www.matronics.com/digest/zenith701801-list Browse Other Lists http://www.matronics.com/browse Live Online Chat! http://www.matronics.com/chat Archive Downloading http://www.matronics.com/archives Photo Share http://www.matronics.com/photoshare Other Email Lists http://www.matronics.com/emaillists Contributions http://www.matronics.com/contribution ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- These Email List Services are sponsored solely by Matronics and through the generous Contributions of its members.