SNIP
For those using this hidden hinge, did you depend on the spring to keep the hinge pin from exiting the hinge or did you anchor it some other way? Perhaps like safety wiring a bent pin for the trim tab hinge pin?
Hitchhiking on this old thread. Aircraft Spruce has the https://www.aircraftspruce.com/catalog/appages/averyoildoorhinge.php Avery hidden hinge and a replacement spring.
My question relates to this statement from ACS “…When installed and closed the hinge pin is gripped tightly by the force of the spring….“
For those using this hidden hinge, did you depend on the spring to keep the hinge pin from exiting the hinge...?
… or just make the door outta good ol aluminum, leaving it slightly underbent = no need for spring