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10-31-2017, 10:44 AM
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That oil door appears to be behind the high pressure area of the cowl.
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10-31-2017, 11:01 AM
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That oil door appears to be behind the high pressure area of the cowl.
Johan
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It is behind the high pressure upper plenum area, but it is open to the lower cowl plenum area, which still has a moderate overpressure compared to the outside flow.
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11-01-2017, 02:21 PM
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The oil doors on both my airplanes are very similar. Made them out of .063 aluminum with a hidden hinge and a single Hartwell latch. the latch locks against a milled aluminum stripe riveted to the cowl. No reinforcements on the door and no bulging at any speed.
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11-01-2017, 03:58 PM
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That oil door appears to be behind the high pressure area of the cowl. Johan
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I didn't pull that number out of my butt.
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11-01-2017, 08:28 PM
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Maybe that is why it's on the Basic med checklist....... 
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11-01-2017, 08:55 PM
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Nice work. I've heard that there are people who live without a lathe. I don't know how they do it.
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11-02-2017, 07:21 AM
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Have used gas door setup from Dodge pickup,as well as other trucks,depending on what shape you need !
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11-02-2017, 08:36 AM
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Nice work. I've heard that there are people who live without a lathe. I don't know how they do it.
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It is a brave new world once you have one. Next on the list is a Mill.
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03-12-2018, 08:40 AM
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Nice work. I've heard that there are people who live without a lathe. I don't know how they do it.
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... Terribly ... (I'm shopping for a lathe now)
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03-12-2018, 12:09 PM
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SkyBolt ? turn Latches
Having installed my cowlings with Sky Bolt ? turn Latches, I had a few spare units laying around.
Originally, I was thinking of using the CamLoc system, but what the heck, with those extra SkyBolts, why not.
They are extremely secure and I don't believe any amount of pressure inside the cowling is going to cause them to release.
I put one in each corner on the closing side (opposite the hinge side).
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