I have had two Escapades. The first one I lost due to a dumb assembly thing I did........but I flew it 8 months before then. I now have my second Escapade and love it. I took the gear off once but have since re-inforced the mounting block and that seems to have solved the problem. Many people have the same problem with the U-Can-Do. As far as the canopy, I don't know what the problem is unless people don't read the instructions and put a small amount of foam in the front between the dowels. Evidently, Great Planes became aware of the problem and included a fix in the assembly instructions. Great plane! I sell a lot of them for Great Planes out at our field. Just yesterday after a flight, a guy commented that he was going home to buy one.............