I use a magnetic reed switch on my seaplane. The switch is on the inside and a small removable magnet on the outside of the hull turns the switch on/off thru the hull. A rubber band holds the magnet in place on the hull when the plane is sitting waiting.
When stored, another switch, wired in series inside the hull, is switched off to prevent any accidental oddities. Like, "hey what's this" as some dipswitch :-) pulls the plastic coated magnet off the hull, energizing the servos.
ORIGINAL: khh1955
Looking for ideas now...
I've never had a plane where the on/off switch & voltometer were inside the canopy & not accessible from the outside!
So I'm sort of wondering how I'm going to do this & still make it "not a hassel" to get inside to turn the plane on & off.
Any ideas would be greatly appreciated!
I also found that putting that tape on the outside edge of the fuse,and then putting the canopy over it doesn't really work...
you can see the tape,and it lifts the canopy up too much! I pulled the tape off,and sort of thought about putting the tape on the bottom
side of the canopy...but it still lifts it up too much...hmmmm....another issue to ponder!
I guess I could just use some white tape & tape it on...it'd be waterproof,look OK...but it wouldn't be very accessible!
Hmmm...hmmm...hmmm....the challenges of assembling an ARF!
Kurt