DH
Thanks again for the info. Its great resource having your input on this site!!
This is how I intend to lay-up the hatch.
(For what its worth this is how I was instructed to get a good stiff hatch)
1. Vinylester inside the skin (I’ll attach a pic of the skin that this is all going in)
2. 1.5 oz mat on top of that
3. Bonding putty next …a thin layer
4. ½” plywood core…..(If I use the piece that’s been coated with resin I will most likely put two stringers the length of the core to pull the “cup” out)
5. A layer of Vinylester and 1808 Biaxial (with 3/4oz mat stitched to it) cloth with the 3/4oz mat surface bonding to the plywood.
6. Then I was informed to place another layer of mat (1.5oz) on top of the 1808 to finish the back surface of the hatch ….
Seems to me that this thing is going to be pretty stiff( need a nuclear bomb to get this thing apart [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img] ) and as long as the plywood is flat during curing it should work….. What do you think?….
Fellow-Ship….Good point about the fuel fill pipe….originally (at least with the tank I now have) the pipe and vent was at the front of the tank and was actually under the deck that is in the console and not under this fuel hatch/deck.
Where is your Fuel fill/vent….I think I saw Billybob’s in the center of his tank
