{"id":1244,"date":"2012-08-03T20:23:04","date_gmt":"2012-08-04T02:23:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.velocity-xl.com\/blog\/?p=1244"},"modified":"2013-05-25T20:35:16","modified_gmt":"2013-05-26T02:35:16","slug":"5-2-3-door-opening","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.velocity-xl.com\/blog\/2012\/08\/03\/5-2-3-door-opening\/","title":{"rendered":"5.2.3 Door Opening"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pps-series-post-details pps-series-post-details-variant-classic pps-series-post-details-4068\" data-series-id=\"29\"><div class=\"pps-series-meta-content\"><div class=\"pps-series-meta-text\">This entry is part 7 of 16 in the series <a href=\"https:\/\/www.velocity-xl.com\/blog\/series\/05-doors-windows\/\">05 - Doors \/ Windows<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><p>One of the things that I&#8217;ve noticed is that getting in and out of the plane can be slightly&#8230; painful. The aircraft sits rather high. And the lower edge of the door opening is vertical lip about 1\/8&#8243; wide. If you rest your legs on it when entering or exiting the cabin, it feels like a knife on the back of your thighs.<\/p>\n<p>Brooke Wolfe has a mod on his door openings that makes a huge difference. He widened the lower lip with a groove to tuck the carpeting in. Here&#8217;s how I did mine:<\/p>\n<p>I took two layers of 1\/4&#8243; foam and cut them to fit. I also created an opening for the door latch micro switch.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.velocity-xl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/2012-07-28-IMG_20120728_120132.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-1245\" title=\"2012-07-28 IMG_20120728_120132\" src=\"https:\/\/www.velocity-xl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/2012-07-28-IMG_20120728_120132-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.velocity-xl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/2012-07-28-IMG_20120728_120152.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-1246\" title=\"2012-07-28 IMG_20120728_120152\" src=\"https:\/\/www.velocity-xl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/2012-07-28-IMG_20120728_120152-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Then I covered the foam with a layer of carbon fiber between two layers of BID.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.velocity-xl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/2012-08-03-IMG_20120803_084148.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-1249\" title=\"2012-08-03 IMG_20120803_084148\" src=\"https:\/\/www.velocity-xl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/2012-08-03-IMG_20120803_084148-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.velocity-xl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/2012-08-03-IMG_20120803_084212.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-1247\" title=\"2012-08-03 IMG_20120803_084212\" src=\"https:\/\/www.velocity-xl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/2012-08-03-IMG_20120803_084212-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pps-series-post-details pps-series-post-details-variant-classic pps-series-post-details-4068 pps-series-meta-excerpt\" data-series-id=\"29\"><div class=\"pps-series-meta-content\"><div class=\"pps-series-meta-text\">This entry is part 7 of 16 in the series <a href=\"https:\/\/www.velocity-xl.com\/blog\/series\/05-doors-windows\/\">05 - Doors \/ Windows<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><p>One of the things that I&#8217;ve noticed is that getting in and out of the plane can be slightly&#8230; painful. The aircraft sits rather high. And the lower edge of the door opening is vertical lip about 1\/8&#8243; wide. 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