X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Sender: To: lml@lancaironline.net Date: Sat, 09 Nov 2013 13:05:35 -0500 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from carbinge.com ([69.5.27.218] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 6.0.7) with SMTP id 6582547 for lml@lancaironline.net; Fri, 08 Nov 2013 22:54:45 -0500 Received-SPF: none receiver=logan.com; client-ip=69.5.27.218; envelope-from=john@carbinge.com Received: (qmail 11895 invoked from network); 9 Nov 2013 03:54:11 -0000 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; h=X-Originating-IP:From:To:References:In-Reply-To:Subject:Date:Message-ID:MIME-Version:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding:X-Mailer:Thread-Index:Content-Language; s=default; d=carbinge.com; b=KdM6zIcbh5sVPkNn/kSF+fJ0dPTjdaJ5uW39wmdIUrtR4ML/vpxqoROPHE3OiWIlk7Cwv9tC4kdY+Rsbb+6IuQpk4TjpgREDOTEO6cuLaFMeVbQw0Fm65o6WYR5Av96pdDbZGNhtblOGY72HPEeNKPwRCmzkeHj3Ye6icjM2cKg=; X-Originating-IP: [208.53.115.208] From: "John Barrett" X-Original-To: "'Lancair Mailing List'" References: In-Reply-To: Subject: RE: [LML] Re: Leaking door hinges X-Original-Date: Fri, 8 Nov 2013 19:54:08 -0800 X-Original-Message-ID: <02b701cedcff$58c63900$0a52ab00$@com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook 12.0 Thread-Index: Ac7cwFsR+J5Fh7a3QvCrhIc5IIsz6gAPa+RQ Content-Language: en-us Hey Skip, I can't tell from the photo where the dam is or what it consists of. Mike deHate gave me the idea to put drains in the hinge wells at the top. I did this using nylon tubing run in the overhead console then down the sides of the door and they join underneath the door then exit through a tube in the wing root. This gets rid of the water that pools under the door hinges and there is also a small trough about 1/8" deep in the door frame between these two wells. But this does not keep rain out that falls on the door frame below the hinge wells when the door is open or not latched all the way. I have tried to think of a dam that will stop this but it looks like the door fits flush against the face of the frame and there wouldn't be any room to build up a channel or a stop to keep the water out of the cockpit. This is just a long winded way of asking you to explain where your dam is and how it works. Wait a minute - I think I know what you mean now. That is the walls at the inside of the wells. Do you have drains for those so that they won't overflow when the water fills them? What do you think about the complaint I stated above? Do you get the same thing? Thanks, John -----Original Message----- From: Lancair Mailing List [mailto:lml@lancaironline.net] On Behalf Of Skip Slater Sent: Friday, November 08, 2013 12:23 PM To: lml@lancaironline.net Subject: [LML] Re: Leaking door hinges George, I put the dams in my door hinge cutouts as well after getting soaked every time I opened the door if there had been moisture or rain on it. They work great. Photo attached. Skip Slater N540ES ----- No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2014.0.4158 / Virus Database: 3615/6809 - Release Date: 11/04/13