{"id":407,"date":"2011-02-21T17:46:25","date_gmt":"2011-02-21T23:46:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.velocity-xl.com\/blog\/?p=407"},"modified":"2015-02-15T14:27:55","modified_gmt":"2015-02-15T20:27:55","slug":"door-openings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.velocity-xl.com\/blog\/2011\/02\/21\/door-openings\/","title":{"rendered":"5.2.2 Door openings"},"content":{"rendered":"
This entry is part 14 of 16 in the series 05 - Doors \/ Windows<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>

After re-aligning the doors, there were some areas that didn’t have enough clearance. So those edges of the door opening got sanded down and in some places we went through the glass into foam. So those had to be filled and glassed.
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Once that was done, then we had to make the space between the door and the fuselage a uniform width (and straight). This can be tricky and tedious. Since the doors are opening and closes all the time, a wider gap has to be created (unlike the wing-to-strake joint). And it’s not a straight line; it curves. So Malcolm obtained some conveyor belt material that was flexible and just the right thickness. We cut templates out of cardboard and then transferred those to the “spacer” material.<\/p>\n

Here are some of the pieces ready to go.
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The areas of the fuselage that are low have to be marked so we know where to add filler.<\/p>\n

The following are pictures of the door with the spacer material inserted and the doors and fuselage marked.
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