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Old 7th Jan 2024, 17:17
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EXDAC
 
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Originally Posted by Flipfrog
Are you thinking that there is a bolt that goes through the plug door and into a tapped hole on the fuselage pin? It also looks like there could be a bolt that runs coincident to the outer door the secures the pin from moving upward that seems to be installed?
I was thinking that there is a tapped hole in each upper guide fitting and the headless screw lies just under the fuselage side guide pin. Any upward movement of the door would be blocked by contact of the screw and the guide pin. (To be clear - this is speculation.)
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