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Old 01-22-2009, 05:03 PM   #36 (permalink)
wyatt
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It's been done.

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Originally Posted by vtec-e View Post
How about a rotary type valve. Have your opening as normal but install a length of, say, 4" drain pipe cut in half along its length. Fit some end plates with a pivot hole so the half pipe rotates around its centre. Kind of like a ball valve but with pipe instead. That would overcome the wind pressure opening the door at speed. Not unlike the sliding door so whichever is easier i suppose. Just throwing ideas into the pot!

ollie
Exactly what basjoos did with his car... I think he operates his with a lever from inside his cabin, but the rotary idea has been done.
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