X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Sender: To: lml@lancaironline.net Date: Wed, 27 Jan 2010 09:56:39 -0500 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from [70.62.14.124] (HELO ustek.com) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.3.2) with ESMTP id 4100416 for lml@lancaironline.net; Wed, 27 Jan 2010 06:30:15 -0500 Received-SPF: pass receiver=logan.com; client-ip=70.62.14.124; envelope-from=r.simon@ustek.com Subject: RE: Emergency Door Opener for IV-P X-Original-Date: Wed, 27 Jan 2010 06:32:06 -0500 X-Original-Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----_=_NextPart_001_01CA9F44.5B169BA2" In-Reply-To: X-MS-Has-Attach: Content-class: urn:content-classes:message X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft Exchange V6.5 Thread-Topic: Emergency Door Opener for IV-P Thread-Index: AcqfRFqcS5leuSmDRa2Zg6DLbvIU4A== References: From: "Lancair" X-Original-Sender: "Robert Simon" X-Original-To: "Robert Pastusek" , This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------_=_NextPart_001_01CA9F44.5B169BA2 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Wow! Sounds like a gret tool to have, although with my luck it would be safely stowed under my rear seat instead of the tail access!=20 Looking forward to the posting of the source. =20 Robert M. Simon ES-P N301ES ________________________________ From: Robert Pastusek [mailto:rpastusek@htii.com]=20 Sent: Tuesday, January 26, 2010 11:10 AM To: lml@lancaironline.net Subject: Emergency Door Opener for IV-P Gentlemen, =20 On Friday night I received a call from a fellow builder friend asking if I had any way to get into his airplane. Seems the door latch pin had sheared inside the cabin with the door locked, and they were debating where to drill the hole in the fuselage to be able to unlock the door. Told him he was in luck, as I had a tool specifically made to do this-although I had never used it.=20 =20 On Saturday morning I recovered this little three-part device from my baggage compartment tool kit. It took all of three minutes to open his door with it. We were all impressed, and he-most thankful! =20 The reason I'm writing is that I bought this in 2006 or so, and don't recall who within the Lancair community devised and constructed it. If anyone knows, would you please post the info back to me via the LML? I hope never to have to use this on my own plane, but I want to add this item to the list of "recommended tools" for the IV/IV-P airplanes, and possibly for the ES and any others that use this type door latch system. =20 Thanks, =20 Bob ------_=_NextPart_001_01CA9F44.5B169BA2 Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

Wow! Sounds like a gret tool to have, = although=20 with my luck it would be safely stowed under my rear seat instead of the = tail=20 access!

Looking forward to the posting of the=20 source.

Robert M. Simon

ES-P N301ES

From: Robert Pastusek=20 [mailto:rpastusek@htii.com]
Sent: Tuesday, January 26, 2010 = 11:10=20 AM
To: lml@lancaironline.net
Subject: Emergency Door = Opener=20 for IV-P

Gentlemen,

On=20 Friday night I received a call from a fellow builder friend asking if = I had=20 any way to get into his airplane. Seems the door latch pin had sheared = inside=20 the cabin with the door locked, and they were debating where to drill = the hole=20 in the fuselage to be able to unlock the door. Told him he was in = luck, as I=20 had a tool specifically made to do this—although I had never = used it.=20

On=20 Saturday morning I recovered this little three-part device from my = baggage=20 compartment tool kit. It took all of three minutes to open his door = with it.=20 We were all impressed, and he—most = thankful!

The=20 reason I’m writing is that I bought this in 2006 or so, and = don’t recall who=20 within the Lancair community devised and constructed it. If anyone = knows,=20 would you please post the info back to me via the LML? I hope = never to=20 have to use this on my own plane, but I want to add this item to the = list of=20 “recommended tools” for the IV/IV-P airplanes, and = possibly for the ES and any=20 others that use this type door latch system.

Thanks,

Bob

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