Elite step
Posted: Sun Feb 19, 2012 11:21 am
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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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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