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CJohnston(at)popsound.com
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Posted: Fri Oct 27, 2006 2:45 pm Post subject: oil door latch

Sorry - forgot to change the subject.



Hey all - 



Here's a silly question that I've been wondering - why doesn't anyone

use a flush latch on the oil door like on a Cessna?  also, anyone know

where you can pick one up?  I was just looking at the baggage door

latch, then started thinking about the Cessna version, which got me

thinking about the oil door...  of course, i'm supposed to be working...

cj

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rv10builder(at)bellsouth.
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Posted: Fri Oct 27, 2006 3:49 pm Post subject: oil door latch

Like this?



http://www.justrvparts.com/Oil%20Door%20Hidden%20Hinge.htm



Chris Johnston wrote:

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 Sorry - forgot to change the subject.



 Hey all - 



 Here's a silly question that I've been wondering - why doesn't anyone

 use a flush latch on the oil door like on a Cessna?  also, anyone know

 where you can pick one up?  I was just looking at the baggage door

 latch, then started thinking about the Cessna version, which got me

 thinking about the oil door...  of course, i'm supposed to be working...

 cj

 #40410

 fuse

 www.perfectlygoodairplane.net

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dav1111(at)cox.net
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Posted: Fri Oct 27, 2006 3:53 pm Post subject: oil door latch

I used two cam locks on my oil door.



Russ Daves

#40044 N710RV

First Flight 7/28/06



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CJohnston(at)popsound.com
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Posted: Fri Oct 27, 2006 4:25 pm Post subject: oil door latch

Yea, but I was thinking about the round hole versions that you see on

some aircraft.



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toaster73(at)earthlink.ne
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Posted: Fri Oct 27, 2006 7:00 pm Post subject: oil door latch

They are all over ebay.

-Chris

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Dick Sipp

Joined: 11 Jan 2006
Posts: 215
Location: Hope, MI

Posted: Fri Oct 27, 2006 8:48 pm Post subject: oil door latch

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 Like this?



 http://www.justrvparts.com/Oil%20Door%20Hidden%20Hinge.htm


	


This idea (the hidden hinge) can be taken one step further.  By using piano 

hinge to secure the unhinged free edge of the door instead of cam locks and 

extending the wire forward to a retainer on the cowl interior upper surface 

there are no fasters or hinges of any kind visible on the outside of the 

airplane.  Worked great for 10 years on an old 4.  This uses the same 

principal as the hinge pins that join the upper and lower cowlings.



Dick Sipp

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ddddsp1(at)juno.com
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Posted: Fri Oct 27, 2006 10:08 pm Post subject: oil door latch

Chris, 

Here is what I did vs buying the parts for TOO much money.  Make it yourself and save.....I did pay $14 for the latch from the ALUMINUM PEOPLE at Oshkosh. 

Dean 40449 



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wayne.e(at)grandecom.net
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Posted: Sat Oct 28, 2006 5:10 am Post subject: oil door latch

I switched from the wing nuts they supplied to  flush cam locks on the oil door.

  

 Wayne Edgerton #40336

  

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LarryRosen

Joined: 16 Jan 2006
Posts: 415
Location: Medford, NJ

Posted: Sat Oct 28, 2006 5:30 pm Post subject: Re: oil door latch

Try B&B Aircraft Supplies at 913/884-5930.  They are one of the vendors that is at the OSH fly mart.  I purchased hartwell latches from them at OSH.  I call them a month or so ago to get K1000 4-40 nutplates.  They sent them out that day.  $10 minimum order and reasonable shipping charges.



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Bill Schlatterer

Joined: 09 Jan 2006
Posts: 195

Posted: Thu Nov 02, 2006 4:09 pm Post subject: oil door latch

Chris, I have been looking for the round hole latch (Hartwell equivalent

function) variety for some time with no luck.  They are available as I just

saw one on a new Micco (Meyers 145 maybe) that flew in for an airshow.  It

was like the round cover Access used on wheel pants (link below) except that

as you pushed it in, it released a latching mechanism.  Very clean!



http://www.aircraftspruce.com/catalog/hapages/accessdoors.php



Maybe someone else can help?  Last resort would be to call the folks at

Tecnam  (Micco Aircraft Company) and ask them where they got them?



Thanks Bill S

7a



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CJohnston(at)popsound.com
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Posted: Thu Nov 02, 2006 5:25 pm Post subject: oil door latch

this is what i'm talking about...  i haven't called this company, but i'd bet they're expensive.  cool though...



http://www.crracing.com/custom_built/hartwell_styles.shtml



cj

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Bill Schlatterer

Joined: 09 Jan 2006
Posts: 195

Posted: Thu Nov 02, 2006 5:25 pm Post subject: oil door latch

OK, maybe this is the round latch we have been looking for but I can't seem

to find a source.  



http://www-glast.slac.stanford.edu/MechanicalSystems/Analysis/References/Ven

dor/Other/camloc_ram-h.pdf

Any help appreciated.



Thanks Bill S

7a Ark

 



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