> Actually, Duane Hitchcock's 360 used an electric opener from, I think, a= Lincoln Continental trunk. He lowered the canopy and it stayed about an= inch open. He pushed the button on his remote and a little electric mtor= sucked that puppy down tight with a satisfying "thunk"! Pushing the othe= r button made it pop open again. It was truly awesome and really added a= lot of class to his already beautiful airplane. Problem is, one time he had the key fob in his pocket while flying and som= ething in his pocket pushed the button. You got it -- "thunk" and the rus= h of 200 mph air. He said it scared the crap out of him, so now he has an= arming switch on the panel so it won't happen again. I don't think I want my oil door to do that... - Rob Wolf ----------MB_8CD909488388BD0_13C8_EA4D_webmail-d026.sysops.aol.com Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii"

<<Maybe there's a way to install an auto power door lock= mechanism, "chirp-chirp" and the oil door opens! (I guess you'd nee= d a horn too)>>

Actually, Duane Hitchcock's 360 used an electric opener from, I= think, a Lincoln Continental trunk. He lowered the canopy and it st= ayed about an inch open. He pushed the button on his remote and a li= ttle electric mtor sucked that puppy down tight with a satisfying "thunk"!= Pushing the other button made it pop open again. It was truly= awesome and really added a lot of class to his already beautiful airplane= .

Problem is, one time he had the key fob in his pocket while flying an= d something in his pocket pushed the button. You got it -- "thunk"= and the rush of 200 mph air. He said it scared the crap out of him,= so now he has an arming switch on the panel so it won't happen again.

I don't think I want my oil door to do that...

- Rob Wolf

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