Return-Path: Sender: (Marvin Kaye) To: lml Date: Sun, 13 Jul 2003 14:50:30 -0400 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from ms-smtp-01.tampabay.rr.com ([65.32.1.43] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.1b9) with ESMTP id 2473577 for lml@lancaironline.net; Sun, 13 Jul 2003 11:27:34 -0400 Received: from tednoel (220.198.8.67.cfl.rr.com [67.8.198.220]) by ms-smtp-01.tampabay.rr.com (8.12.5/8.12.5) with SMTP id h6DFRTqM014666; Sun, 13 Jul 2003 11:27:29 -0400 (EDT) X-Original-Message-ID: <001701c34953$47591700$0100000a@tednoel> From: "Ted Noel" X-Original-To: , "Lancair Mail List" Subject: window mods X-Original-Date: Sun, 13 Jul 2003 11:27:31 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1106 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1106 Pat, I haven't flown yet, but in the places where the manual called for drilling through the window, I welded a 90 degree plate on the door actuator bracket so that the inboard bolts travel parallel to the window through the actuator channel. If you look at the stress on the door under pressure, you will see that the inboard bolt does not carry much load. The outboard bolt carries the door latch load, while the inboard largely positions the actuator for its motion. I sent a sample to Lancair several years ago, and they blessed it. Ted Noel ________________________ The Bible Only ---- If the Bible doesn't teach it, neither will we. http://www.bibleonly.org Home of BibleOnly Press, publisher of "I Want to be Left Behind." http://www.bibleonly.org/press/