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Nose cone
noc231073 - 17/1/11 at 09:52 PM

What's the best way of securing the the front nose cone on my Indy I know the top can be bolted with rivets but how do you secure the bottom


40inches - 17/1/11 at 09:55 PM

Hinge the bottom,much easier for access


noc231073 - 17/1/11 at 09:57 PM

Hinge it to what???? Anyone got a pic


richard - 17/1/11 at 10:26 PM

do not have any pics of mine hinged one on here, but what i foundw as when the nose cone was sat in place ( luego Velocity on locost chassis ) the bottom front edge of the nose cone sat up above the front chassis rail and between the two uprights either side of it, from memory i welded 4 x 6mm screws vertical on the rail and had one flap of a piano type hinge sit over these and the other side of the hinge secured to the underside of the nose cone.
I had to get a hinge that had a large gap between the flaps when shut to allow space for nuts and screws.
If you need more i can take a few pics.


eznfrank - 18/1/11 at 07:41 AM

I think there's some photos of an indy nose cone hinged on hellfire's website


johnemms - 18/1/11 at 09:16 AM

Had'nt thought about hinges ... These anygood ? LINK