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drfred(at)suddenlinkmail.
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Posted: Mon Oct 05, 2009 6:50 am Post subject: Annual

Morning;



515FW is a year old and going thru it's annual this weekend.  160 hrs.



Couple notes;



1. I did a poor job at sealing the bulkhead.  I prosealed the flats but 

somehow missed filling in the gaps in the corners in between the 

flanges.  The gaps are not real obvious as they are hidden behind the 

the cowl hinge as you look from the outside.  I have had occasional 

blips on my CO monitor that have been intermittent and not seeming to be 

related to attitude/conditions.  I used high temp silicone from the 

inside to seal. 

     

Does anybody have a good reason for the gap at the forward edge of the 

wing root?  Water drainage?  Air exit? 



2. I would not have put in a center console if I had to do it again.  I 

have too much stuff to pull to adequately get a good look high up in the 

tunnel.  I put access panels on both sides of the tunnel to change the 

fuel filter and that really helped.  Only took about 20 min to change 

this time. 



3. If you have a Trutrak autopilot and the screen is starting to get 

some lines and fail and you're thinking about getting it fixed, better 

call and get in line.  I went and pulled my unit out as I was there 

anyway, called and it will be "several weeks" before they can get to it 

and get it fixed.  Courteous on the phone but obviously overwhelmed by 

this problem.  Put me on a call back list.  Arguh  .



4. I like the 3  pin idea for the door.  But does it really solve the 

problem of not checking each and every time before take off to make sure 

the door has latched properly?  The root cause and common denominator 

seems to be not checking that the door is closed.   Has there been a 

door come off where the pins were engaged and checked? 



Dr Fred

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Strasnuts

Joined: 10 Feb 2009
Posts: 502
Location: Salt Lake City, UT

Posted: Mon Oct 05, 2009 7:52 am Post subject: Re: Annual

I don't have my doors yet but have been in an RV-10.  It seems to me if you had the third pin going down, it would be probably impossible to pin the front and not have the middle and rear pin engaged.  That is what I like about the third pin idea.  I bet the door wouldn't flex enough to have that happen.  The last incident had the front pin in and the rear pin out.

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Kelly McMullen

Joined: 16 Apr 2008
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Location: Sun Lakes AZ

Posted: Mon Oct 05, 2009 8:21 am Post subject: Annual

I really like the thought of adding some strips of carbon fiber to the

door halves before bonding them together to minimize flex of the door.

The more rigid we can make the door without adding significant wt. the

better.



On Mon, Oct 5, 2009 at 8:52 AM, Strasnuts <sean(at)braunandco.com> wrote:

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 I don't have my doors yet but have been in an RV-10.  It seems to me if you had the third pin going down, it would be probably impossible to pin the front and not have the middle and rear pin engaged.  That is what I like about the third pin idea.  I bet the door wouldn't flex enough to have that happen.  The last incident had the front pin in and the rear pin out.



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