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Deems RV10 Project
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Date: 4-29-2008
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Number of Hours: 6.50
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Manual Reference: Sec Home-59
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Brief Description: Sec Home-59
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After several conversations w/ Ed Hayden, he finally convinced me to use Robin Marks approach for door seals. http://www.painttheweb.com/rv-10/doors.htm After fitting the Right door, I can safely say I'M GLAD I DID!. I ordered 50 ' of the door seal material from McMaster Carr. I used a HF 90 degree air grinder with some sanding discs, and climbed inside the plane, and itteratively removed material until I had a uniform gap of about .20" between the door and the cabin cover. I cut several pieces of the door seal material and test installed them as I progressed with the sanding. It worked remarkably well, and didn't disturb the paintjob on the inside of the cockpit (although I've got a TON of dust again!!). I already had the pilot/Left door off the plane, so I covered the hinge recess areas by fabbing some fiberglass pieces (6 ply lay-up over duct tape taped across hinge opening). After cure, I trimmed the layups to fit slightly below the recessed area and then floxed them in place, I put a bead of flox around the outside perimeter also, when it cured I sanded it all flush. And then used some filler to bring everything level with the inside door skins. This will allow the doorseal to make a tight seal completely around the door. With the hinge covers closed off, I needed to install #10 mini- nutplates in the hinges in order to attach the doors.
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CoPilot door sanded/trimmed and doorseal material fit
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Nutplates attached to door hinges
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Co-pilot door hinge covers for door seal
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