Finally the real doors. These are made of 2mm G10. They are pretty stiff but I can always add a foam core if necessary. I’ve made them slightly longer than the hole they cover. The idea is that the bottom of the fuselage can be the door stops. I can adjust this height with a bit of micro and get them closing together and in line. I did do a joggle in this area when I glassed the fuselage. Frankly a total waste of time and it might end up with the same or more filler than leaving it flush. Oh well.

Pic 1 has me with a set of working doors. Needless to say I’ve had to recharge my 12 volt battery that runs the nose lift a few times with all the testing and checking.

Pic 2 shows that I have tweaked the hard points, added holes for those flox ‘fingers’ and alodined the parts mainly to help the flox adhere.

Pic 3 Has me floxing on the spring holders. I also had to add two ply of BID to one hinge. I was SUPER careful drilling the holes for the doors in place so they would close perfectly. I must have spent 90mts fiddling with the hot glue and placement until I was happy. They still came out with a slight gap of about 0.025″ Its a good thing this is a plastic plane. The BID will push the hinge out nicely for perfect closure.

Real doors

Spring hardpoints

Spring points floxed