Adjustable gear door hinges
Adjustable gear door hinges
(OP)
Hi,
I currently do a trade study on the gear doors design to make easier and faster for rigging and installation. Upon installation, the gear door need to be fair (gap and step) with the adjacent panels. To achieve this goal, the door need to swing along the fwd and aft hinge/fitting hinge lines so I think of the designed serrated hinge with the elongated hole.
On installations, the hinge are adjusted by placing the serrated hinge and serrated washers in the proper position and torquing the mounting bolts, which allows linear adjustments (see attached picture). The amount of linear adjustment is controlled by the length of the elongated bolt hole in the door hinge
Would you think this could be the feasible design?
Thanks.
Gary
I currently do a trade study on the gear doors design to make easier and faster for rigging and installation. Upon installation, the gear door need to be fair (gap and step) with the adjacent panels. To achieve this goal, the door need to swing along the fwd and aft hinge/fitting hinge lines so I think of the designed serrated hinge with the elongated hole.
On installations, the hinge are adjusted by placing the serrated hinge and serrated washers in the proper position and torquing the mounting bolts, which allows linear adjustments (see attached picture). The amount of linear adjustment is controlled by the length of the elongated bolt hole in the door hinge
Would you think this could be the feasible design?
Thanks.
Gary





RE: Adjustable gear door hinges
Nice illustration. ... of something.
Mike Halloran
Pembroke Pines, FL, USA
RE: Adjustable gear door hinges
Quando Omni Flunkus Moritati
RE: Adjustable gear door hinges
Of course the best solution is to get the manufacturing jigs & detail design right and eliminate the requirement for the adjustment.
RE: Adjustable gear door hinges
How are you going to going to ensure the door lies fair to the to the panel. Or are you going to cheat and micro balloon the step?
B.E.
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