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tgesele(at)optonline.net
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 Posted: Thu Jun 01, 2006 3:04 pm Post subject: Baggage door fit |
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I seem to recall that others had a problem with the fit of their baggage
door so figured I'd pass this along.
On the initial fit to the fuselage, discovered that the door was bowed and
the fit was unacceptable. It appears that dimpling the frame resulted in a
bow, causing the problem.
The solution on mine was progressively fluting the frame along the outer
edge which straightened everything to the point where the fit is now
acceptable. I'd suggest starting with small flutes, cleco everything back to
together, check the fit, and repeat as necessary. On mine, it required
rather aggressive flutes to get the fit where I wanted but yours may be
different.
Hope this saves someone some head-scratching.
Tom Gesele #40473 (N629RV Reserved) - Fuselage
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ron.mcgann(at)baesystems.
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| Posted: Sun Jun 04, 2006 3:02 pm Post subject: Baggage door fit |
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I built my baggage door a few months ago and was very happy with the way it came out. I got around to do the final installation this weekend and quite honestly it looked very second rate. I don't remember too much previous discussion on the list other than the lower back corner was 'pushed in' somewhat and this can be fixed with a shim. I also had the same problem as Tom experienced, where the door was flush at each end, but bowed out by more than 1/8" in the top middle. I thought that the frame rib was shaped to the curve of the fuse skin, so did not flute to straighten. I spent about an hour last night using finger pressure to almost eliminate the bow by massaging the door skin flush with the fuse.
The baggage door seems to be one area in particular where some shared experiences would be useful. How many have actually come out 'spot on' without some remedial action??
cheers,
Ron
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Deems Davis
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| Posted: Sun Jun 04, 2006 8:53 pm Post subject: Baggage door fit |
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I just finished the baggage door install a week or so ago, and when
done, I had a misalignment with the top rear corner projecting outboard
about 3/8-1/2 " and the bottom rear corner tucked inside as far as the
frame would allow. I'm somewhat embarrassed to admit, but my solution
was to apply some torque in the opposite direction by grabbing the
corners by hand and 'encouraging' them back to where they needed to be.
Fortunately this turned out to work pretty well and didn't require all
that much effort. After getting the rear corners flush there was some
irregularity along the top of the baggage door, but I found that a
careful application of the hand seamer seemed to do the trick, and now
it fits like it was 'handmade' !
Deems Davis # 406
Fuse
http://deemsrv10.com/
McGANN, Ron wrote:
[quote] I built my baggage door a few months ago and was very happy with the
way it came out. I got around to do the final installation this
weekend and quite honestly it looked very second rate. I don't
remember too much previous discussion on the list other than the lower
back corner was 'pushed in' somewhat and this can be fixed with a
shim. I also had the same problem as Tom experienced, where the door
was flush at each end, but bowed out by more than 1/8" in the top
middle. I thought that the frame rib was shaped to the curve of the
fuse skin, so did not flute to straighten. I spent about an hour last
night using finger pressure to almost eliminate the bow by massaging
the door skin flush with the fuse.
The baggage door seems to be one area in particular where some shared
experiences would be useful. How many have actually come out 'spot
on' without some remedial action??
cheers,
Ron
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acs(at)acspropeller.com.a
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| Posted: Mon Jun 05, 2006 4:21 pm Post subject: Baggage door fit |
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Ron, from what I recall the gist was it seems normal to have some sort of gap at the top that is essentially taken up with your weather strip installation and the top left corner would have to sit reasonably proud to enable the installation of your hinge pin, but apart from that I would suggest a lot depends on how you think it should sit aesthetically.
I suspect the more experienced builders will “massage” various items that they don’t feel come up to scratch as far as appearance is concerned.
Now you’ve made me feel bad because I thought mine was okay!!
John 40315 (re-thinking the finish quality on the baggage door…Damn!!)
From: owner-rv10-list-server(at)matronics.com [mailto:owner-rv10-list-server(at)matronics.com] On Behalf Of McGANN, Ron
Sent: Monday, 5 June 2006 8:59 AM
To: rv10-list(at)matronics.com
Subject: RE: Baggage door fit
I built my baggage door a few months ago and was very happy with the way it came out. I got around to do the final installation this weekend and quite honestly it looked very second rate. I don't remember too much previous discussion on the list other than the lower back corner was 'pushed in' somewhat and this can be fixed with a shim. I also had the same problem as Tom experienced, where the door was flush at each end, but bowed out by more than 1/8" in the top middle. I thought that the frame rib was shaped to the curve of the fuse skin, so did not flute to straighten. I spent about an hour last night using finger pressure to almost eliminate the bow by massaging the door skin flush with the fuse.
The baggage door seems to be one area in particular where some shared experiences would be useful. How many have actually come out 'spot on' without some remedial action??
cheers,
Ron
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From: owner-rv10-list-server(at)matronics.com
[mailto:owner-rv10-list-server(at)matronics.com (owner-rv10-list-server(at)matronics.com)]On Behalf Of Tom Gesele
Sent: Friday, 2 June 2006 8:32 AM
To: Rv10-List
Subject: Baggage door fit
--> RV10-List message posted by: Tom Gesele <tgesele(at)optonline.net>
I seem to recall that others had a problem with the fit of their baggage
door so figured I'd pass this along.
On the initial fit to the fuselage, discovered that the door was bowed and
the fit was unacceptable. It appears that dimpling the frame resulted in a
bow, causing the problem.
The solution on mine was progressively fluting the frame along the outer
edge which straightened everything to the point where the fit is now
acceptable. I'd suggest starting with small flutes, cleco everything back to
together, check the fit, and repeat as necessary. On mine, it required
rather aggressive flutes to get the fit where I wanted but yours may be
different.
Hope this saves someone some head-scratching.
Tom Gesele #40473 (N629RV Reserved) - Fuselage
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