Baggage door hinge pin

09 Jan 2019 Baggage door hinge pin

After crawling around warbirds at Oshkosh the last few years, I decided to not worry about my RV8 having some parts with a bit of a practical finish. I’m not trying to hide rivets and make the aircraft look like it’s plastic.

Here’s a specific example – the baggage door hinge. I could have had it come out via the firewall, which looks very cool and clean, but I decided to make it more visible.

To remove the pin, I just use pliers and pull it up a bit.  It can possibly scratch the paint a bit, so I’ll have to put some slick tape there to protect it.  I can’t imagine I’ll be removing this door too often.