BrendAn Posted 10 hours ago Posted 10 hours ago 6 minutes ago, skippydiesel said: Me thinks there is a design lesson to be learned. "Subside" (forward openening) doors are (almost) a car feature of the distant past, for very similar reasons.😈 i was talking about the 172. the hinge is at the front so you are pushing against the airflow. i am not talking about 1930 suicide doors.
skippydiesel Posted 10 hours ago Posted 10 hours ago Jesus! Whats happening with this web site ? - just lost a second posting.😈
skippydiesel Posted 10 hours ago Posted 10 hours ago 2 minutes ago, BrendAn said: i was talking about the 172. the hinge is at the front so you are pushing against the airflow. i am not talking about 1930 suicide doors. So was I - its your aircraft that has something like suicide (gullwing) doors 😈
BrendAn Posted 2 hours ago Posted 2 hours ago 7 hours ago, skippydiesel said: So was I - its your aircraft that has something like suicide (gullwing) doors 😈 No . Gullwing doors open upwards. Because it has 2 wing struts any other way would make it too hard to get in and out.
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