I bonded my door (Fast build door in an ES) to the top of the fuselage with the top clecoed in-place. I used towels, etc. to prevent the flox from running down and attaching to the lower section. A few other things to note.
First, make sure you use the Lancair provided spacers Mike mentioned.
Second, I had my brother inside injecting the flox into the access holes, my brother-in-law on the outside dealing with the excess that oozed out to the gaps, and I was mixing flox and loading cartridges as fast as I could. That is to say, it's a least a three man job.
Don't have the windshield installed! It's the only access to the inside during this process! I bonding in the windshield well after this step, just before I installed the instrument panel.
It gets HOT inside the plane during the process. There is a lot of epoxy going-off, generating heat. It even starts cooking out of the flox and dripping. Have the guy inside wearing long sleeves and an old hat.
Paul Bricker ES builder Former ES owner
Tom I went through the builder assist at the factory a
number of years ago. As you suggest the top is cleco'ed in
place and the door is bonded in, top is then removed
again. Art L IV
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Friday, February 11, 2011 7:37
AM
Subject: [LML] IVP Door
Installation
After a shameful hiatus on my IVPT, I'm
finally back on it with some real passion. I bought the fast build door,
and seems like I remember many builders installing it while the fuselage top
was temporarily fastened (cleco'ed). I will be installing all my windows
in the next week, and would like to install the door after that, if
it's efficient to do before bonding the top on. I looked in
the archives, but I can't seem to find a search filter that doesn't give me
3,000 emails, or narrows it down too far to about 10. If someone can
give me direction here, I would greatly appreciate it. If it's best to
install the door after bonding the top on, no problem. I'll leave that
project until later.
Thanks in advance.
Tom Sullivan
Fast build kit with slow build
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