Does any one know how the design has changed for the lift fans and the covering doors over the years. Mostly looking for close-up photos of the latest style/design of the doors?
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Posted: Mar 09, 2010 - 07:51 PM
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I think the only major change was the door being a hinged "Fold-away" door to a single "car hood" style door.
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t3h_pr3t3nd3r wrote:
I think the only major change was the door being a hinged "Fold-away" door to a single "car hood" style door.
From what I read and saw in a couple of videos was that they changed the style of the door to reduce the number of moving parts.
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