RE: Westbury Hunter Build Thread
Worked the engine bay hatch and bypass cover.
The precut hatch was not cut our very square, so this was tidied up, which resulted in large gaps with the fuselage. Polyply was used to line the inside of the fuselage and the gaps built up using aeropoxy, and parcel tape as a release agent. I ended up with a fulsh fitting hatch with a very fine gap between the hatch and the fuselage. One small area over the spine remains to be filled the same way.
I then filled in the gap between the bypass and the fusleage with 1/8" ply acording to the instructions. This really stiffened up the whole area. Two pull-through strings were run the length of the fuselage so that the servo wires could be later run down to the tail, as access later through the centre fuselage would be very restricted.
Trimmed the separately molded bypass cover. I still haven't figured out how to hold down the bypass cover, or the rear edge of the hatch, as the clearance between the bypass and the hatch is minimal. I plan on using 2 BVM hatch catches on the front edge of the hatch where more depth is available.
Paul