indigoonlatigo(at)msn.com Guest
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Posted: Sat Apr 19, 2008 8:46 pm Post subject: Doors and the C-1010 Cabin Pin Blocks. |
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Wow, atleast 9 hours today again mounting doors, drilling out the cabin frame openings and the cabin pin blocks and fabricating the pins from the 5/16-24 bolts.
I noticed that my C-1010 cabin pin blocks were slightly wider out of the box than they should have been by about 1/16 of an inch. Regardless of the fact that I did not trim them down to the correct width, I do not believe that the door edge bevel would fit over the block without reshaping the door drastically...the block is quite thick, wide and the door flanges are thick, inner and outer door shells.
The blocks just happen to be flush with the outside edge of the fuse, which made me realize that with the blocks in this configuration, the pins cannot come in contact with the painted sides of the fuse. I remember that a lot of folks are complaining of chipping of the paint in this area. Of course if I opt to not trim the block's width, then I need to pocket out the edge of the door to allow the pin block to fit into the door edge.
If I opt to trim the width of the cabin pin block then there will be less thickness between the pin hole and the out side of the block. My pin absolutely go thru the entire block, the fiberglass cabin top and into the aluminum fuselage members, fore and aft. It seems that the pin block are only supposed to serve as a guide and a method of pulling the door in with the pin hole having that 3.4 degree angle in it. Of course if the pin block is reduced in it's width, the door pin will hit the fuselage paint, provided the door handles are not in the 135 degree maximum open position.
What have people been doing with this? This sections direction are pretty vague considering this is such a critical area...misshaps and all.
John G.
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