MCI Front Door hard to work with - air

[Jim Blackwood]

I've been thinking for some time about a front door mod but have yet to do anything about it.
What I'd like to do is replace the air actuators with electric ones. Haven't really looked to see if I can find anything appropriate yet. Anybody seen something that would work on a DL3?

Jim

[freds]

Not specifically on target. But here is a video where a guy engineered a leveling system for the airbags using eclectically controlled values. There's two videos related to this, initial and update when it was found to leak down over time.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQQ_B-hKWlg

The question to answer is what happens when there is no air pressure, how do you get into the bus?

While you can go with a linear actuator you would need to provide external contacts to jump it into motion (something you should only know).

Enjoy...

[Gary Hatt - Publisher BCM]

I would spend a day or two converting it so the doors open up out of the way.  But maybe that's just me. 

[Jim Blackwood]

Gull wing doors on a DL3? Now that's something I would pay to see.

Jim

[Gary Hatt - Publisher BCM]

Gull wing doors on a DL3? Now that's something I would pay to see.

Jim