Should wok great if your hatch plate is made of ply... Otherwise the screws MAY pull thru the plate. I suppose you could epoxy 1/32" ply strenghteners to the inside of the hatch corners... but really a hatch that size made of ply wouldn't hurt a thing... Just get ply the same thickness as the fuse sheeting...
Originally posted by coomarlin
I'm thinking of trying to cut a hatch using the following method. I need some contructive critizism.
I've attatched a diagram of what I was thinking. I'm was thinking about using epoxy to attatch the small trianglular pices to the corner of the fuse cut out and I intended to use small screws to attach the hatch to the plane. Do you think this would be strong enough to hold the battery in place?
Also, do you think this would even be worth while, or should I just add lead to the tail. I need to get the CG back about 1/2 inch so I'm not sure how much lead that would take. I'd like to keep the weight as low as possible.
The reason I elevated the battery was in order to get a zip tie to go around it.
Comments?