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same are you talking about the 120" or the 101"/102" birds....or both? I haven't started any builds on any of my 101" i picked up , but just wondering if you had any advice on how to make the canopy's last or hold up better?
Was there anything else that the QQ yaks may need a little beefing up on? |
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I have a Gen IV 102 inch and a Kimball Scheme 120 inch. The canopies on both sucked the big one. On the 102 inch I just re-glued all the joints and put in some cross bracing reinforcement. After that I have had around 100 flights with no issues. On the 120 inch they actually had an addendum to the build instructions outlining a procedure to beef up the canopy. It involved adding triangle stock to critical mounting support areas. They also had you fiberglass cloth and epoxy over on the inside of the canopy and frame to offer a better bond. I noticed that I had excessive vibration in the front and it actually actually cracked right through the plastic in the right front mount area. I ended up putting two layers of fiberglass cloth and epoxy on front inside of the canopy. Not alot of weight added with huge improvement in strength. Not to many flights on the 120 inch but so far so good. The one thing I can say is that both these planes are some of the best flying airplanes I have ever piloted. The 120 inch is an awesome IMAC platform.