I considered going the direct route but that got me to thinking that I would have to keep pulling the hatch before and after every flight, as such that would most likely result in the hatch screws wearing out and causing them to back out at an inopportune moment. Of course we all know that this would result in the hatch blowing off, knocking off the vertical stab which would result in a severe yaw instability that might crash the plane.

I had a friend offer to lend me one of those 1.5 inch wide yellow cargo straps to wrap around the plane as a back up hatch retention method but my sense of style just wouldn't permit it. Now this did get me to thinking that it might be kind of cool to have all the experts planes wear black belts. Think about it, all trainers would have a white stap around the fuse and we would all know to give them a wide berth.... Fortunately I came to my senses and in the end it just turned out to be easier to put in a switch since all of the extra gear would have just created more failure points to worry about.

Lipos....now theres an idea.