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Info to Rick Argente
N360ZR
and to all the LML

These nose gear door hinge screws have been screwing us long enough.
I want to bounce this idea off of everyone, to hear what you all feel
about it.

Given that the screws are a threat to hanging-up the extension of the
nose gear, how about NOT putting the hinge ON THE INSIDE of the gear
tunnel, at all.  Instead.....make the nose gear door about one inch
wider, so it overlaps the tunnel edge....attach the  nose gear door to
the hinge. Attach the hinge flat on the bottom of the nose skin
adjacent to the tunnel opening.

If a carbon fiber hinge were used it could be bonded to the
door....then   bonded to the bottom nose skin.  To remove the
door...just pull the hinge pin.  No fasteners of any kind involved.

Use micro to fair-in the hinge to the skin.  The hydraulic attach
point would have to be lengthened a trifle and maybe mounted lower on
the door but the door swing could be about 90 degrees instead of like
100 degrees.

The bottom of the L320 is flat as a pancake so no hinge binding threat
there, however, the L235 bottom is slightly curved and a straight
hinge  pin there is not possible for the nose gear hinge.  Sorry about
that.

Feed back please.............Jerry Grimmonpre' L320  McHenry IL

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