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Old 11-11-2011 | 01:39 PM
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From: Cody, WY
Default RE: GP Reactor Bipe strengthening

I have had 3 relatively minor incidents with mine: 1st was battery coming loose/loss of esc power. Plane glided in on its own onto the gear, but tore gear off. Rebuilt the landing gear plate with the pieces and added tristock.

Second was hovering and hitting LVC on esc; dropped from about 8' onto lower left wingtip, breaking wing and tearing out gear plate/lower wing dowel plate. Repaired again, adding more tristock and some 1/4" square stock alongside the 2 landing gear fuse bulkhead formers. I would think if you add some tristock to the bottom/sides of the gear plate area, you will be fine.

Just dorked it on a wingtip again, doing a low torque roll in the wind. Wind pushed me more than expected, and I hit on the lower left wingtip again. Broke my (new) lower wing again. Both times, the wing broke right at the middle wing strut mounts. Think I can fix the wing this time...

None of this abuse caused any real damage to the fuse or firewall, and I'm running 1700+W on a fairly large outrunner. Don't think you'll need to do much else to the fuse except beef up the LG area, though 'glassing the firewall wouldn't hurt.