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