Moving battery to nose cone


Here is the main fuel tank "sight gage". The front of the tank in the nose gear well should allow you to see the volume of fuel remaining in the tank. Hopefully it will work ok.


I used a hot wire cutter to open up the nose cone. A long hack saw blade would work here also.


The nose cone is hollow after you cut through the rear face about 1" deep. It has a full length center rib about 1/2" thick that I removed. There is plenty of room for one or two batteries depending on how you set them up.


I made the front fuse hole wide enough for my batteries. I will epoxy a plywood tongue under the battery so the weight of the battery under G loads will be supported by the front fuse instead of the nose cone. With the battery installed the cone does not rotate at all and the magnets are enough to keep it on.


Entire battery can be placed in the nose cone.


Easy access from inside.