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I was having problems getting the landing gear into this wing (naca 2414), which must be thinner than I realized. The small pix of the older model shows a conventional landing gear door shape – as well as the clearance problems with the landing gear strut, which is poking through the door.I was considering going to a thicker wing section to solve the problem but first decided to try a different SHAPE on the door and a little crown to the section. The last three pix are from an animation of this solution going through its 90 degree rotation. I am glad I tried this and think I will go this way.The shape is more consistent with the forms on the plane and the crown section looks good to me. The door would either be thin aluminum or 1/32 ply.