Cabin Door seal

[cliffy]

Someone who doesn't post here anymore used the red/brown D shaped foam weather strip from the aviation isle at Home Depot with good success years ago. 

[Gee Bee Aeroproducts]

We have a new BST silicone sponge that we're extruding based on the original Mooney extrusion 

Two different seals will be available based on the compression requirements.

The baggage door for the Beech is done to replace rubber foam 

 

Beech shown

 

Also shown is the Beech ADS seal and the original in silicone grey 

customer says the correct seal allows door to close .

Its the same spec we use on Mu2 and TBM

 

[Mark89114]

I bought the Knots 2 u seal, believe it is STC/PMA or something like that.  Needless to say it is garbage.  Already dry rotting after 5 years.

It never worked well from the start, that might be due to Mooney door, installation error (me) or some other unknown cause.

I am tempted to go the home depot route on next replacement.  

[Gee Bee Aeroproducts]

Material 

 

You get what you pay for 

ams3345

13k-18k per door seal

 

We just finished 50 sets of T34 canopy seals per print .

 

[DCarlton]

If I were to list requirements for a door seal, my top requirement would be to not have to pull hard on the interior door strap to close the door.  There's nothing really robust to pull on in the Mooney.  I've already replace my strap and one of the aluminum strap attachment brackets.   

[Gee Bee Aeroproducts]

That's called Durometer/ compression 

original shape 

soft sponge

silicone for now shrinkage 

We do tso on many original aircraft mfgs .

 

Few hundred utility doors per year with rain seal .

 

[DCarlton]

1 hour ago, Gee Bee Aeroproducts said:

That's called Durometer/ compression 

original shape 

soft sponge

silicone for now shrinkage 

We do tso on many original aircraft mfgs .

 

Few hundred utility doors per year with rain seal .

 

Those D shaped gaskets look like they would be really effective if they're soft enough that you can close the door without a lot of force.  As a side note, I've thrown aftermarket gaskets in the trash too for my '73 Camaro and started over.  Couldn't get the door to close properly.  Same problem... different platform.  

[Gee Bee Aeroproducts]

BST silicone foam

We can mold the foam for hinges 

tso for beech

1997.50 set of five 

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