How does a rescuer (in the event of some emergency) open the door from the
outside?
D McF.
> On 13 March 2022 at 10:23 John Wighton <john@wighton.net> wrote:
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> As per my original posts on this subject, the Mod is reactive rather than
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A properly run company would have taken this in house and worked with
the LAA and AAIB to create a solution proportional to the issue. A mandatory
SB issued by the LAA amounts to an MPD in plain anguage.
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> The solution adopted is technically very poor. It is also very ugly.
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> The root cause of doors coming off the aircraft hasn't been addressed. The 3d
printed solution will, l suspect, not prove to be sufficiently robust. Those
who have opted to follow Iss 1 of the Mod now have closely spaced holes adjacent
to a load high spot (door frame aperture), as pointed out by Area51 this
could lead to degradation of the primary structure.
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> I am progressing an alternate Mod that utilises a cross drilled hole in the
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latch pin, secured manually by a short pip pin and pendant. This is a positive
lock that prevents the front pin from sliding backwards, thereby making
the status of the rear pin irrelevant.
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> Following the Iss 2 of the Mod allows the bonding of the mouldings to the
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skin. This mitigates the possibility of crack propagation but makes no
difference to the Ugliness.
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