Gary Murphy 1 Posted July 17, 2011 Share Posted July 17, 2011 I am no builder and need to make a hatch for cells in the bottom of fuse. This will be on a wot4 ic artf that i am trying to convert to elec. Going by the conversion advice on chris foss site the hatch remains open with no door. seen some conversions with a hatch door but i have no idea how to go about this. The cells will mount above the door not on it but i have no idea how strong it needs to be and the way the hatch stays in the opening,prongs /latch/catch or mixture. Any tips or pictures or articles would be great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PatMc Posted July 17, 2011 Share Posted July 17, 2011 Here's some photos of how I did it for my Veron Robot. The surface of the hatch is from 1/16" ply the rest from soft scrap balsa, the retainer & front peg are from scraps of epoxy board. There are 4 scraps of block balsa inside the compartment as stops. The hatch was extended by about 15mm to give more finger room & the retainer screw goes into the u/c ply mounting plate.If I were doing it again I'd use a button magnet & scrap of soft iron instead of the rear retainer.HTH, Pat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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