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Thread: Oratex users , the door frame?

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    Default Oratex users , the door frame?

    Did you cover inside the door frame with oratex or did you paint the ledge inside the door frame? Getting ready to start on the sides and just trying to figure what to do in the area of the frame work. Thanks.
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    Default Re: Oratex users , the door frame?

    I brought the fabric around the first corner of the aluminum frame, over the first ledge, up the next vertical and stopped there. Then I capped it with the S.S. channels I made.
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    Default Re: Oratex users , the door frame?

    Most of the ones I have seen follow John's recommendation. Wrap it and cap it with channel.
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    Default Re: Oratex users , the door frame?

    Agreed...

    WTTW - The only Kitfox I have seen where the builder did not wrap the fabric over the door sill resulted in separation of the lower aluminum door frame from the fuselage tubing...after the plane was completed and flying - kind of a mess to deal with at that time. For the record, the aluminum door strip was the old style where it does not slip over the square tube and the aluminum was simply bonded to the side of the airframe.

    The current design is an improvement.
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    Thanks guys. I do have the stainless cap strips to go on so I see how it will lock good the way you are saying. Thanks.
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    Default Re: Oratex users , the door frame?

    Quote Originally Posted by Dave S View Post
    ...the aluminum door strip was the old style where it does not slip over the square tube and the aluminum was simply bonded to the side of the airframe. The current design is an improvement.
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    I do have the stainless cap strips to go on so I see how it will lock good the way you are saying.
    I have the "old style" aluminum strips on my Series 5. Can one of you post a photo of the stainless caps you're talking about, and perhaps supply a Kitfox part number? This sounds like a better solution that leaving fabric exposed where you're going to slide across it getting in and out. Thanks.
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    Default Re: Oratex users , the door frame?

    Quote Originally Posted by Eric Page View Post
    I have the "old style" aluminum strips on my Series 5. Can one of you post a photo of the stainless caps you're talking about, and perhaps supply a Kitfox part number? This sounds like a better solution that leaving fabric exposed where you're going to slide across it getting in and out. Thanks.
    Eric, I don't know the part number but I just asked for the stainless cap door strips and they ask if you want lower or lower and upper which cover the flat and 45 degree part of your door frame. Really finishes off the door IMO on the planes I've seen them on and as you say saves the covering.
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    Beauty. Thanks, Harlan. I'll get those added to my next shipment.
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