Aerlingus330 From United Kingdom, joined Nov 2004, 834 posts, RR: 1 Posted (7 years 8 months 3 weeks 4 days 11 hours ago) and read 3725 times:
Hi,
Does anyone know what these things are above the doors of the A330?.
They are lines which look like ridges.
You can see them here when you enlarge this photo-
CitationJet From United States of America, joined Mar 2003, 2229 posts, RR: 3 Reply 1, posted (7 years 8 months 3 weeks 4 days 11 hours ago) and read 3714 times:
Do you mean the "thingy at the door"?
It's a small metal channel that acts as a rain gutter when the door is open.
Matt72033 From United Kingdom, joined May 2005, 1617 posts, RR: 4 Reply 2, posted (7 years 8 months 3 weeks 4 days 8 hours ago) and read 3635 times:
yup, i remember first seeing them on my first visit to the hangar, we were all trying to figure out these aerodynamic reasons for it, an when we asked we felt like right idiots!
As stated before, just so the hosties dont get wet when opening the door on rainy mornings!
CitationJet From United States of America, joined Mar 2003, 2229 posts, RR: 3 Reply 6, posted (7 years 8 months 3 weeks 3 days 23 hours ago) and read 3480 times:
Quoting Aerlingus330 (Reply 5): I didnt really want to do a search because I didnt know what to look for.
Does this thing have a name?
To get the previous threads I posted in Reply 1, I did a search on "rain gutter" in the Civil Aviation (Archived) and Tech/Ops forums.
CanadianNorth From Canada, joined Aug 2002, 3371 posts, RR: 10 Reply 8, posted (7 years 8 months 3 weeks 3 days 20 hours ago) and read 3429 times:
They are a little strip of metal stuck onto the fuselage above the door and all they do is keep water from dripping on anyone using the door while its raining, thats all. They are simple, cheap, and effective; and can be found on almost any airliner these days.
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