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Hi, I've been playing around and trying to come up with a way to do a sub hatch on my t29. I don't wish to add a inner lip so I cut a piece of 3mm perspex and shaped it to fit on the factory lip. This seemed fine until I taped it, the thickness of the electrical tape made a very tight fit for the hatch and was quite difficult to tape, I was nearly going to give up and just keep taping the outside of the hatch. After a few days thinking about it I went to the hardware in a search for a solution and found some water proof rubber seal, it's self adhesive and very thin so I thought I'd give it a go. After more thought I decided to stick it to the edges of the perspex and after some testing, I'm hoping it'll be my answer.
Here's the Sub hatch
This is how it sit's
Now to hold it all down, the front is just a pop rivet and the rear is bolted which applys the pressure to squash the foam seal flat.
After app. 1/2 hour upside down in the tub, with me pushing the hull under water and moving it around as much as I could in a small bath, everything come out dry, well, I'll have to have a towel ready when I remove the hatch as water builds up around the bolts and the sub hatch seal, but with a pat down, no water got inside the hull.
I think I might fill the hatch with foam and seal it to produce a flat bottom in order to add an even pressure (and strength) across all the perspex area and I'm guessing that if I keep an eye on the seal and make sure it's in good condition, it should hold up pretty well, would you agree??
Here's the Sub hatch
This is how it sit's
Now to hold it all down, the front is just a pop rivet and the rear is bolted which applys the pressure to squash the foam seal flat.
After app. 1/2 hour upside down in the tub, with me pushing the hull under water and moving it around as much as I could in a small bath, everything come out dry, well, I'll have to have a towel ready when I remove the hatch as water builds up around the bolts and the sub hatch seal, but with a pat down, no water got inside the hull.
I think I might fill the hatch with foam and seal it to produce a flat bottom in order to add an even pressure (and strength) across all the perspex area and I'm guessing that if I keep an eye on the seal and make sure it's in good condition, it should hold up pretty well, would you agree??
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