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Vanremog(at)aol.com
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Posted: Sat Feb 18, 2006 8:49 pm Post subject: P/N KM610-64 Camloc Flush Button Latch

Quite some time back someone on the RV-List asked about these push  button 

latches.  I recently did some research and realized that I had  listed an 

incorrect P/N in my reply and that error is forever  ensconced in the archives.  My 

bad.

 

These latches are much nicer than the commonly available Hartwell latches  

IMO, as they won't pop you on the thumb some cold morning when checking the  oil.

 

For those of you looking to use this really cool latch, they are  apparently 

still available from a number of Cessna parts outlets and may be  found on the 

web by simply Googling P/N KM610-64.

 

 

 

GV (RV-6A  N1GV O-360-A1A, C/S, Flying 774hrs, Silicon Valley, CA)

sportypilot(at)stx.rr.com
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Posted: Sat Feb 18, 2006 10:50 pm Post subject: P/N KM610-64 Camloc Flush Button Latch

how many of these are needed for the oil door ?

Danny..

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Vanremog(at)aol.com
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Posted: Sat Feb 18, 2006 11:16 pm Post subject: P/N KM610-64 Camloc Flush Button Latch

In a message dated 2/18/2006 10:52:27 P.M. Pacific Standard Time,  

sportypilot(at)stx.rr.com writes:



how many  of these are needed for the oil door ?



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One would be sufficient, but in the spirit of redundancy, I have two of  

these latches on the oil access door.  I use only one latch on the  gascolator 

drain access door on the lower cowling.  



GV (RV-6A  N1GV O-360-A1A, C/S, Flying 774hrs, Silicon Valley, CA)

sportypilot(at)stx.rr.com
Guest

Posted: Sun Feb 19, 2006 12:23 am Post subject: P/N KM610-64 Camloc Flush Button Latch

I found them for 20.00 each is that about right ? , I was planning on adding 

to the tube and have the gasolator drain stick out just a little without

a door for it.. whats others doing on that ?



Danny..

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Rick Galati

Joined: 10 Jan 2006
Posts: 91
Location: Lake St. Louis MO.

Posted: Sun Feb 19, 2006 4:20 am Post subject: Re: P/N KM610-64 Camloc Flush Button Latch

 	  sportypilot(at)stx.rr.com wrote: 	
		  how many of these are needed for the oil door ?Danny..--- 	




I never did much care for the rather dominant look produced by Hartwell latches contained within the small area of an oil door and I was not about to install those draggy kit supplied wingy things on it either!  Looking for ideas over two seasons of AirVenture, I would cruise the RV line endlessly and never did see an RV with KM610-64's installed. It was only later when I spotted a student checking the oil on a rental C-172 that I finally had my inspiration.  I'd like to think I was the first person to install these nifty latches on the RV oil door but apparently not.  Oh well.

I installed these KM610-64's a few years back, ordered and purchased from my (then) FBO out of a C-172 parts catalog for a mind bending $30.00 each.  A few weeks later, I came across the same new latchs from a vendor in the Flymart at Airventure for $7.50 each. I think it was B&B Aviation Parts.  Anyway, when I loudly complained to my FBO about the ripoff, he cut the price in half...to $15 each. As the photo's illustrate, I installed two of the camlock latches on the oil door.  More than one RV builder has reported the oil door bowing out in flight due to air pressure  with only one latch (of any type) installed, so I  bonded the cutout cowl waste material onto the back of the oil door to stiffen it considerably. In addition, since the grip reach on the latches is not all that much, I bonded aluminum strips under the upper cowl for the latches to achieve a firmer hold.   They work great.



http://img79.imageshack.us/img79/2166/oildoor01403wn.jpg

http://img367.imageshack.us/img367/9172/oildoor04409tb.jpg

http://img367.imageshack.us/img367/6949/oildoor05400wd.jpg



Rick Galati  RV-6A  "Darla"  109 hours

Last edited by Rick Galati on Mon Feb 20, 2006 9:24 am; edited 3 times in total

rocketbob(at)gmail.com
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Posted: Sun Feb 19, 2006 4:45 am Post subject: P/N KM610-64 Camloc Flush Button Latch

The only trouble with these latches is the contact area to the cowling is

very small and the latch will wear at the point of contact, so will the

aluminum piece they ride up against..  I've replaced these a couple of times

on our club C-172's, and have tig welded them back into shape also.



Regards,

Bob Japundza

RV-6 flying, F1 under const.



On 2/19/06, Sportypilot <sportypilot(at)stx.rr.com> wrote:

[quote]

 



 I found them for 20.00 each is that about right ? , I was planning on

 adding

 to the tube and have the gasolator drain stick out just a little without

 a door for it.. whats others doing on that ?



 Danny..

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lhelming(at)sigecom.net
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Posted: Sun Feb 19, 2006 4:45 am Post subject: P/N KM610-64 Camloc Flush Button Latch

Does anyone have a picture of a KM610-64?

do not archive

Indiana Larry, RV7 SunSeeker 80+ hours flying



"Please use the information and opinions I express with responsibility, and 

at your own risk."

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Mark Phillips in TN

Joined: 10 Jan 2006
Posts: 431
Location: Columbia, TN

Posted: Sun Feb 19, 2006 2:23 pm Post subject: P/N KM610-64 Camloc Flush Button Latch

In a message dated 02/19/2006 2:29:33 AM Central Standard Time, 

sportypilot(at)stx.rr.com writes:

and have the gasolator drain stick out just a little without

a door for it.. whats others doing on that ?

 	  Quote: 	
		  >>>>


	


No gascolator...



Mark - do not archive

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From The PossumWorks...

Mark Phillips in TN

Joined: 10 Jan 2006
Posts: 431
Location: Columbia, TN

Posted: Sun Feb 19, 2006 2:23 pm Post subject: P/N KM610-64 Camloc Flush Button Latch

Just to confuse the issue, you might want to examine this alternative:



http://websites.expercraft.com/n51pw/index.php?q=log_entry&log_id=5077



Has worked well for 2 yrs/280 hrs, & entertains the hell out of folks at 

fly-ins!



Mark - do not archive

_________________
From The PossumWorks...

lhelming(at)sigecom.net
Guest

Posted: Sun Feb 19, 2006 8:10 pm Post subject: P/N KM610-64 Camloc Flush Button Latch

I think having it stick out just a bit would make attaching the lower 

cowling a hard thing to do.  I suggest your drain tube be just short of 

sticking out.



Indiana Larry, RV7 SunSeeker 80+ hours flying



"Please use the information and opinions I express with responsibility, and 

at your own risk."

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sportypilot(at)stx.rr.com
Guest

Posted: Sun Feb 19, 2006 9:01 pm Post subject: P/N KM610-64 Camloc Flush Button Latch

I have seen them on the glass planes , I don't want the firewall penatration 

but I love the idea, plus I don't want to

install the cable pull inside.. ( man I should have listened and ran all the 

wire prior to installing the forward top skin)

I am sick of running wire.. I ordered the 610-64's 20 each, oh well, anyway 

I have a question, does the

dynon remote compass work ok in the wing tip? or is it best under the emp 

fairing.. ?



Danny..

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seiders(at)bellsouth.net
Guest

Posted: Mon Feb 20, 2006 6:23 am Post subject: P/N KM610-64 Camloc Flush Button Latch

Drilled a hole in cowl below gascolator large enough to insert drain fuel 

testor. Works fine.

Dick



At 05:22 PM 2/19/2006, you wrote:

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In a message dated 02/19/2006 2:29:33 AM Central Standard Time,

sportypilot(at)stx.rr.com writes:

and have the gasolator drain stick out just a little without

a door for it.. whats others doing on that ?

 >>>>>



No gascolator...



Mark - do not archive

jacklockamy(at)verizon.ne
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Posted: Mon Feb 20, 2006 7:37 am Post subject: P/N KM610-64 Camloc Flush Button Latch

To solve the problem of 'wear' where the camlock contacts the fiberglass cowling, I installed a small strip of stainless steel (1" x 1/2" x .030) under the cowling lip and attached with a couple of flush rivets.



Jack Lockamy

Camarillo, CA

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