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On 7/29/2019 at 8:01 AM, Harry Wightman said:

I’ve been testing an idea put forward by an innovative engineer- strategic placement of two neodymium (powerful, small rare earth) magnets. One inside the fuselage & another inside the power door, both epoxied in. See picture below for the door magnet placement in the finger tab. 50 hours flight time & still in place.

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Thanks Harry. Ours just failed so we are going with the magnet option. 

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My spring broke also, and yes you need to un-rivet the entire assembly to replace the spring. I've had good luck with some automotive two sided trim tape to keep it closed, as I never use it. If I ever needed a boost, would be easy enough to open the door and overpower the tape. 

I do like the magnet idea though, I think I may give that a try. 

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