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Old 10-22-2017, 03:25 PM
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I am just ahead of you. My Doors are done. What would I do differently? The plans duck tape over the top is not good enough. I would drill #30 holes all around the upper part and install clecos. You can then fill the holes later. I have to do some filling of the canopy where there was some variance in the curve so the door matches. I did the planearound cam and am very happy with it. The number of hours spent on these doors is amazing. Did not use the VANS gasket bought a very similar gasket from macmaster with peel and stick backing. The glue and pop rivet vans gasket seemed like to much work. I cut the door frame back to much in a couple places so I put making tape on the door and applied a heavy coat of butcher block wax to it then shut the door and filled the gaps with epoxy and flox. Sand Sand Sand. Have fun you can fix mistakes in fiberglass a lot easier than aluminum.
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Old 10-24-2017, 05:22 PM
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Default Cleco sounds good to me....

Tom, thanks for the reply. I too thought about clecoing the top of the door to the fuselage. This gives me the courage to do it.

Will keep you posted!
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Old 10-24-2017, 08:31 PM
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Cliff, this has been hashed over before, but the "problems" with the doors is not with the design, but the execution of the design. My doors are stock, with the exception that I added Sean's center latch and used the McMaster Carr seals. Rock Solid, no flex. They also fall into place and close easily. My advice is to focus on building it right - good craftsmanship and attention to detail. As to adding Sean's latch before or after bonding the halves together, I did it after, and am not sure it would work out if you tried to do it before. Good luck and have fun with it.
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I installed my Planearound center latch before I bonded the doors halves together. It worked out just fine
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Old 10-24-2017, 09:58 PM
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I installed my Planearound center latch before I bonded the doors halves together. It worked out just fine
In hindsight, I think this is a great idea. I wish I'd thought of it. Fiddling around with all of that stuff inside the doors is tedious...
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Old 10-25-2017, 08:52 AM
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Default Here I go.....

Thanks for all the responses. I think given Tom and Alan's experience I will go with the clecos and try assembling the latch prior to bonding. I actually tried the clecos last night and they worked much better than any other weird taping or weighting scenario I had tried.

If I am nervous about the latch I can always remove prior to bonding, but it does sound easier to install prior to epoxy.

Will report on my success and failure. Hopefully the former, and hopefully soon.
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Thanks for all the responses. I think given Tom and Alan's experience I will go with the clecos and try assembling the latch prior to bonding. I actually tried the clecos last night and they worked much better than any other weird taping or weighting scenario I had tried.

If I am nervous about the latch I can always remove prior to bonding, but it does sound easier to install prior to epoxy.

Will report on my success and failure. Hopefully the former, and hopefully soon.
Anxiously awaiting your report, Cliff.
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