Door Locks / Hinges / Handles

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Locks & Keys

See Door Locks for more information.

Seals

Cabin Door Seals

  • Many builders decide to put the door seals on the fuselage side instead of onto the inside of the door.
    Two McMaster order numbers are being used: 1120A311 (lip on inside, 3/16 edge thickness, 3/8 high):



    1120A311
    and 1120A313 (lip on outside, 3/16 edge thickness, 3/8 high). Since you are building up the inside edge, the lip is better to be on the inside as the groove for it will automatically form when using a throwaway seal as mold.
    Some builders prefer the 1120A411 variant which is for 1/4 edge thick edges.
    Builders usually sacrifice one set of seals as mold to form out the edges, then replace it with a clean second set. This procedure will need 100 ft total.
    Some builders experience a gap where the ends meet after some time, see this FB thread.
    See also:
  • Some builders use the standard Vans way of putting the seals on the doors but use better seals sold by McMaster.

Luggage Door Seals

Door Strut Upgrades

Hinges

Other Enhanced Door Parts / Kits / Upgrades

180 Degree Door Latch and Low Profile Handle Hints

  • The Aerosport door handle kit assumes a bonded wall thickness of approximately 0.160 inches. It does not include a mechanism to accommodate deviations from this thickness.
    If the door mechanism holes are drilled prior to bonding, and clecos are used during curing, the door halves may compress tightly in the lock area. This can result in a final wall thickness of only about 0.112 inches—leaving a 0.050-inch discrepancy. This difference will cause the outer lock cover to sit proud and not flush with the surface.
    Conversely, if your wall thickness exceeds 0.160 inches, the lock cylinder will sit recessed within the outer cover.
    For doors with thinner walls, a workaround is to fabricate a spacer to mount beneath the strike plate. This spacer should have holes that match the diameter of those in the door skin. For doors with thicker walls, consider designing a 3D-printed collar around the lock cylinder that will raise it to be flush with the cover.
    See also this FB Post
  • PlaneAround 180 degree latch together with Aerosport interior door handle beauty cover causing binding (FB 10/11/2022)
  • PlaneAround FB thread
  • Low profile handle + 180 degree FB thread 6/2023, FB thread 9/2023 FB thread 11/2023
  • Documentation set at Planearound, includes link to document written by David Peterson which is a revised Vans chapter 45 document with the various modifications compiled in
  • Damazio's write-up of the 180 degree door latch install
  • Videos