RE: H9 60 Size P-47 Thunderbolt-Build & Flying
dasintex wrote: "...that piece of Balsa spanning across the battery from the fuse side to the midline; does it serve another purpose other than hold the battery...
The balsa sheet only holds the battery pack in place and locks between the center stringer and the wing saddle doubler. It is held in with a drop of CA at either end to keep it in place.
The address for Vortec is: P.O. Box 469, Oak Lawn, IL 60453. I don't think they have a website or know a phone number for them. I got mine at the local hobby shop a year or so ago. Vortec also makes a drop mecanism and the instructions show two ways of activating it; one with a nyrod/cord arrangement and another with a belcrank. It means adding a hard point to the underside of the wing and routing the nyrod, but it can be easily matched with some Ultracote (even simulates a panel line when you're done).