Elite step

[Ralph Baker]

I have put considerable thought into this as a result of a 5' 3" pilot wife. As yet no metal cut but this is a description of what I came up with to avoid a stool or ladder. (Fueling is another issue)

Think of the fueling step on a C152. A bent or built up angle of 2024-T3 long enought to span two of the Elite floor bullkheads and extending down perhaps 9 inches below the bottom of the cabin floor will be riveted to the vertical outside of the door sill. The step portion will be perhaps 3 inches wide and parallel to the cabin floor. A brace with two bends will be riveted to the bottom of the step portion and bent up at a 45 degree angle to meet the cabin bottom with another bend to lay against the cabin bottom (spanning two bulkheads). The brace will be riveted into the bottom of the cabin floor bulkheads and cabin bottom.

All material will be 1/8 inch thick. The drag will be minimal as only edges will be presented to the wind. Only at the step bottom will that be 1/4" wide and then only for the step / brace overlap. If anyone has any comments (other than getting a taller wife) on improvements to my design or suitability I would like to hear them.
Ralph Baker








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[Mike Betti]

I now have a step mounted to my Elite. Darryl at MAM made up a bracket for me to try on my plane. It was much shorter than the one I went with and caused too much flex in the side sill. He then suggested I add 2- 1X1X1/8 angles to the inside of the sill. This would have worked well but my inner floor is in and I can't access this area anymore. The step is pt.no. step6L, which must be from another airplane model. I cut this part down by 3". The bracket I had to make goes to the top of the sill. I formed in a raised ridge into the part to stiffen it. It can be seen in the files section, Elite, E-fuselage.
Mike

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