I'm going to do that Arch. I'd been debating it until I saw this thread and spent two hours reading the whole thing. There have been enough incidents that I think it's just prudent to do this mod. I wonder where General Hobbies got these. Could they have been left over from somewhere? Looks like they have an extensive product line. Mine also came Greyhound and I had to push to get it shipped a week after I ordered (and paid for) it. I also had a broken tab on one elevator but it was easily repaired. I went and glassed all of the tabs. No cracks in the canopy but that is apparently a standard problem. I haven't competed much in pattern the last few years but this looked like a good way to get back into it.

Rick H.