> > > For what its worth, i recently received the quickbuild gullwing door

 > > for my Lancair ES and it is totally carbon.  Unlike the Lancair IV,
 > > the ES is mostly S-glass.  It was delivered with the plexi-glass
 > > window installed.  I figure there must be a pretty good reason for
 > > Lancair to make the door and frame out of carbon.  It also uses an
 > > inflatable door seal.  Anybody know of a cost-effective lighweight
 > > pump for this sort of application?
 >
 > > Mark Steitle

 A friend added a door seal & used the squeeze bulb from a
 pre-electronics blood pressure check kit. Might be too low
 tech for a lancair, though...

 Charlie England

I'm not adverse to "simple".  Hmmm... I could use the squeeze bulb
approach and assign the task of pumping up the door seal to the right
seat passenger (to keep them busy while I do the fun stuff).  Sounds
good to me!

 
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