You could simply use a door (or piano hinge) and maybe use springs toward the fulcrum to pop it open easily. As for the paint, maybe the door could simply overlap the lip of the opening a bit. Could you send a photo of the hatch?
-Mike 2009/5/16 Doug Conn <[email protected]> > > Thanks, John (and everybody). That sounds like a good solution. I'll try > the > inner lip like you suggest and the piano hinge like George suggested. > > - Doug > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] > On Behalf Of jvragu47 > Sent: Saturday, May 16, 2009 12:26 PM > To: R/C Tank Combat > Subject: [TANKS] Re: what material for flexible hinge ? > > > Doug, > How big of a hatch are you making? I've never had trouble with > paint leaking into the compartment. I would flush mount the hatch, I > use 1" brass hinges , and have the hatch rest on an inner lip. If you > want to ,line the lip with thin rubber from a bicycle tube. I'll show > you the locking key next battle that I made for the Comet. > > John > > > > > On May 16, 12:54 am, "Doug Conn" <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hello - > > > > One of the things I don't like about my tank is that reloading is a very > > slow process. To correct that, I'm installing a hatch in the top of my > > turret. I need a hinge mechanism, but I'm not sure what material would be > > best. I want to use a strip of flexible material, like rubber, to help > keep > > out the paint. I also want to paint it, though, and I don't think I can > > paint rubber. Any suggestions ? > > > > Thanks, > > > > Doug > > > > > -- -Mike Måne @ http://moonrcprojects.googlepages.com --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You are currently subscribed to the "R/C Tank Combat" group. To post a message, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe, send email to [email protected] Visit the group at http://groups.google.com/group/rctankcombat -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
