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when looking at the graph of the Stewart Warner vs callouts of Rochester I see the same resistances thank you very much for the Stewart Warner PDF I was trying to find specifications and was not successful

The printed latch creeped so I added an aluminum stiffener.....Works well

Here is a good example of Creep in a plastic part with my first print of ABS ....I have swapped out to the fiber reinforced one ....maybe it will do better....however this one was still working and probably would have been fine ...

Onshape shown in a previous post 7/21/23...Mooneyspace does not number the posts

I have been learning this new cad program for 6 mo. so it was a good excuse to use it

I had ordered a part from someone in State College because I did not know if my friend would be able to print my model. I got it and it is by far the best I have seen ....except for the hole closing in it is close to perfect... It was printed with carbon fiber laced abs that bambu labs offers......

back is most important as that is against the window and vent...somewhat difficult to hold while drilling to get a square hole I like the white better than my black Mine seems to be holding up in the heat my bird lives outside but there is a cover......and only the 90's

I up loaded to printables Vent Latch let me know how it turns out and what you think is the best material....I did ABS and seems could be more stiff but works I might ask for one better.... if you still have problems PM your e-mail

well as far as I know both are free if you find the right link I will try to upload the links to each ....certainly the first tries to get money but had not known about problems as HBA I certainly can up load to another site post the links....I also will try what you said and if successful will post Homebuilt Aircraft & Kit Plane Forum (homebuiltairplanes.com) ignore the premium membership just hit register in the upper RH of page Onshape Free Plan | Onshape search Vent Latch

they sell a piper one and the clear generic one which look to be about the same size....I checked the piper one and it is not as long as the Mooney one and there was some question on my mind as to if the Piper one would work it was much shorter in length rather than the 1 1/2" long ones we have......so I drew the 3D model.

easy to understand .....just sanding edges and drilling the hole to proper size I probably have 1/2 hr. labor and with today's shop rates that is one expensive part. ..of course if I had a printer I could massage the 3D model and in theory there would be no secondary operations......but right now I am pretty happy....I checked it after a real warm day and it might have bent a little but it is still tight against the vent window......The ABS seemed a little rubbery as I was drilling it and perhaps PLA might work better or any of the fiber filled materials.......

Accepted file types: jpg, gif, png, pdf, jpeg are you sure?

k not sure why you did not see anything perhaps you need to go in from the front and the link will not work but with the screen shot you should be able to find the post and as soon as I get your pm I will send it

It would be better if Mooneyspace allowed .stl files but given the utter ugliness of this site with all the advertisements I doubt they the will change the software

here is what you should see .....you may have join to download I am not sure but it is free to join I can email you the file