Hangar Flying => Hangar Flying => Topic started by: Reb Wallace on October 23, 2006, 08:17:20 PM
Title: nose battery access
Post by: Reb Wallace on October 23, 2006, 08:17:20 PM
I am a non builder and I need some info about making a batt access cover on a veze. tips per say about cutting hole and can you reuse the piece you cut out . If reinforcement is needed where hole is cut. the batt is in the nose for weight and balance purposes and the only way to get at it is take the canard off which is a hassle every time you need to check batt. any info welcome thanks rebel. :?
Title: nose battery access
Post by: GlennBob on October 24, 2006, 09:33:15 AM
I too am a non builder, but my plane ( as do most ) has a cover that comes off that is over the battery compartment. I have not consulted the plans, but that may be a good place to start. This area will not be weakened much by cutting the top portion of the plane off and making it a replacable cover. Mine has three screws on the bottom, . .and one on the top. This area is not structural, but I would leave the very nose area in tact. This will make it very quick and EZ for you to check the battery. Just finish the edges of your cover so they mate smoothly with the beginning of the contour on the top of the sides of your bird.
Regards,
Glennbob
Title: Battery cover
Post by: GlennBob on October 24, 2006, 09:35:59 AM
P.S. (glennbob here again). If you'd like, send me an email at ezskyboy@hughes.net, and I'll send you some pics of mine.
Glennbob
Title: Battery access
Post by: Bruce Hughes on October 26, 2006, 07:44:09 PM
Hi Reb
You really need the hatch and it should be larger than any battery that you could ever put in the nose. I have had 4 or 5 different batteries in there and have not even flown the airplane yet.
Be sure to have a good way to hold the battery in place. Mine is strapped down in case of negative Gs. It also has a little ledge around 4 sides to prevent sliding around. Of course I have changed the ledge 4 or 5 times to match the new battery that I was putting in. What a pain. :(
You might consider making the nose a little longer at the same time. Contact the Santa Monica club for plans for that.