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 Posted: Sat Sep 06, 2008 7:50 am Post subject: Door seals??????? |
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I put my doors back on the plane with the stock seals in place, (properly placed) and I too found that the seals were way too thick to allow the doors to close.
I have done a really nice job of getting the (outside) edges of the doors to fit to the cabin opening and also got an excellent fit where the inside cabin flange joins up with the inside of the door, I built it up to fit so that a business card can't even slide through.
With the doors back on, the first thing I noticed was that the bottom seal was way too thick. I used a razor blade and cut the seals at the corners and removed the whole bottom piece. Tried it back on and it fit better but was still too thick in some areas. I next used a razor blade and put a single cut down the middle of the entire length of the seal. The seal does not seem to interfere at all with the fit, but what is left to be seen/felt is how effective the seal is with this approach. Again, I am also releying on the solid fit of the door to help with the air and not just this rubber seal.
JOhn G. 409
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jesse(at)saintaviation.co
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| Posted: Sat Sep 06, 2008 10:54 am Post subject: Door seals??????? |
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The majority of air movement that you get without the seals is around
the door hinges, so at least make sure you have a good seal there.
do nor archive
Jesse Saint
Saint Aviation, Inc.
jesse(at)saintaviation.com
Cell: 352-427-0285
Fax: 815-377-3694
On Sep 6, 2008, at 11:49 AM, John Gonzalez wrote:
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I put my doors back on the plane with the stock seals in place,
(properly placed) and I too found that the seals were way too thick
to allow the doors to close.
I have done a really nice job of getting the (outside) edges of the
doors to fit to the cabin opening and also got an excellent fit
where the inside cabin flange joins up with the inside of the door,
I built it up to fit so that a business card can't even slide through.
With the doors back on, the first thing I noticed was that the
bottom seal was way too thick. I used a razor blade and cut the
seals at the corners and removed the whole bottom piece. Tried it
back on and it fit better but was still too thick in some areas. I
next used a razor blade and put a single cut down the middle of the
entire length of the seal. The seal does not seem to interfere at
all with the fit, but what is left to be seen/felt is how effective
the seal is with this approach. Again, I am also releying on the
solid fit of the door to help with the air and not just this rubber
seal.
JOhn G. 409
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indigoonlatigo(at)msn.com
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| Posted: Sat Sep 06, 2008 5:33 pm Post subject: Door seals??????? |
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Left them completely intact in that area, no razor blade down the middle.
Thanks,
John
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| Quote: | From: jesse(at)saintaviation.com
To: rv10-list(at)matronics.com
Subject: Re: Door seals???????
Date: Sat, 6 Sep 2008 14:53:48 -0400
The majority of air movement that you get without the seals is around
the door hinges, so at least make sure you have a good seal there.
do nor archive
Jesse Saint
Saint Aviation, Inc.
jesse(at)saintaviation.com
Cell: 352-427-0285
Fax: 815-377-3694
On Sep 6, 2008, at 11:49 AM, John Gonzalez wrote:
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> I put my doors back on the plane with the stock seals in place,
> (properly placed) and I too found that the seals were way too thick
> to allow the doors to close.
>
> I have done a really nice job of getting the (outside) edges of the
> doors to fit to the cabin opening and also got an excellent fit
> where the inside cabin flange joins up with the inside of the door,
> I built it up to fit so that a business card can't even slide through.
>
> With the doors back on, the first thing I noticed was that the
> bottom seal was way too thick. I used a razor blade and cut the
> seals at the corners and removed the whole bottom piece. Tried it
> back on and it fit better but was still too thick in some areas. I
> next used a razor blade and put a single cut down the middle of the
> entire length of the seal. The seal does not seem to interfere at
> all with the fit, but what is left to be seen/felt is how effective
> the seal is with this approach. Again, I am also releying on the
> solid fit of the door to help with the air and not just this rubber
> seal.
>
> JOhn G. 409
>
>
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