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Mark Sherman's CH701
The gas spring I used is from Aircraft Spruce the number
is FE-11 for $18.70.
The only thing I would do different would be to put a
longer/bigger attach point on the door. The door is a little flimsy with the
spring mounted that close to the top hinge point. I will put a strap about
half way up the door for closing it once inside the airplane. If you grab the
bottom of the door to close it, it seems to flex a lot and may cause some
problems down the road.
I mounted the doors before I put the wings on and got
the upper limit of the door close. It would probably be better to wait until
the wings are on. After the wings were mounted the door came up and hit the
fuel drain. So I replaced the stock drains with flush mounts and put a little
rubber bumper on the bottom of the wing at the main spar for the door to rest
against in the open position.
I don't think I will be able to fly with the doors open,
I will just have to take them off.
The building process has been a little slow as of late.
We bought a couple of new businesses and they are keeping me busy. I have the
engine mounted and I am wiring the engine gauges and controls. I am using the
Rotax 912S and the FWF from Skyshops. The engine was cheaper and the quality
of the kit was better than Zeniths.
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