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Area-51
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 Posted: Tue Jun 27, 2023 3:40 am Post subject: What did you do with your Europa this week - 30/06/22 |
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Finally threw some rolls of door seal into the truck and went to the field with no idea what the result would be. The original seals were starting to look a bit hagged and the hatches were a little too loose for sufficient service.
After removing the old factory seal and cleaning the surfaces with thinners then trial fitting a section of double lip seal an entire side was cut and fitted, and it was a total failure; the door would not latch. So that all got removed.
Then the single rib seal was trial fitted and looked promising, so an entire side was done. It was a little challenging to latch the door but it met the situation half way with an interior inspection proving viable. So the other side was fitted and left overnight along with the aircraft baking in the sun for a day. It settled perfectly. A light dusting of talcum powder and a bath and 181 was rolled back into the shed.
07.00 check flight with inflight cheese refreshments tomorrow and then its up for an annual.
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| Looks great, just needs some classy edge capping for the fibreglass |
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| Ready to go, with double lip inserts between the hinge gaps to cut down on acoustic gap noise |
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| It just works really well after settling in |
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| The lip oriented toward the fuselage and crushes perfectly when hatch is closed. |
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| The one that worked; with 3M adhesive backing |
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n7188u
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| Posted: Tue Jun 27, 2023 10:22 am Post subject: Re: What did you do with your Europa this week - 30/06/22 |
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A51,
The original Europa seal was challenging because the door was not easy to close. I struggled with closing until Bud told me to push the door DOWN and not IN.
He explained to just grab the door sill and door at the bottom edge were the glass starts with one hand, at the center, and squeeze the door down against the sill. Still a bit challenging but made a world of difference.
Chris
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Area-51
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| Posted: Tue Jun 27, 2023 12:24 pm Post subject: Re: What did you do with your Europa this week - 30/06/22 |
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180% correct Chris, that's exactly how the situation rolled 😃
And the results from the check flight today were great; even less noise in the cockpit. At 110kt cruise it's just so lovely to fly in now.
Next up is treating the panel drumming.
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Area-51
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| Posted: Wed Jun 28, 2023 3:39 am Post subject: Re: What did you do with your Europa this week - 30/06/22 |
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$20 coffee for Europa today. Everyone else $35...
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