Baggage Door on Quickbuild
Posted: Thu Jun 17, 2021 8:11 am
Hi -
On my quickbuild kit, the baggage door was already installed. Unfortunately, they did not pre-bend the door before they installed it. I have tried a number of options thus far to bend it on the plane, but have been unsuccessful in putting any kind of bend into it. Of course, I don't want to kink it, but I have put a considerable amount of force on it with something wedged in on the fuselage side, but it comes back to straight when I remove the pressure. I have tried to heat the bend point with a heat gun, and still no bend. Any thoughts, beyond drilling out the rivets in the hinge and removing it?
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On my quickbuild kit, the baggage door was already installed. Unfortunately, they did not pre-bend the door before they installed it. I have tried a number of options thus far to bend it on the plane, but have been unsuccessful in putting any kind of bend into it. Of course, I don't want to kink it, but I have put a considerable amount of force on it with something wedged in on the fuselage side, but it comes back to straight when I remove the pressure. I have tried to heat the bend point with a heat gun, and still no bend. Any thoughts, beyond drilling out the rivets in the hinge and removing it?
#slingsupport