[Public-List] Cockpit floor hatch?

[Daniel Sternglass via Public-List]

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> Hello
> I'm considering putting a hatch in my cockpit floor for better engine 
> access=
> .. Has anyone done this and if so any recommendations on the 
> brand/type hatch=
>  used and any install notes or gotchas?
Ramon,

In my 1966 A-30 the previous owner installed a 6" or 8" circular metal 
deck plate. It's maybe 8" from the forward edge of the cockpit floor. 
Seems to be primarily for reaching the prop shaft packing. It helps, but 
it is still not easy to adjust. In any case, I'd strongly recommend a 
"structural" frame hatch with a metal or very strong top surface. I have 
had some delamination of that floor, so I constructed an oak strip false 
floor many tears ago which transfers all the loading to the edges, 
anyway. I'd be very cautious about weakening the floor with a larger hatch.

--Dan S.
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> Thanks!
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> Ramon
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> Seattle

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