The location of the boom breaks on Tom's KC coincides with the breaks in mine (I hit the ground hard on an underpowered approach, not the KC's fault [&o]) and the cracks on Buck's booms. Having said that, in my opinion it is a weak area that needs to be reinforced on all flying KC's as soon as possible.

No doubt that BVM's fix will work and they have been very proactive in fixing the problem and making reinforement parts available ASAP. Kudos to BVM for responding quickly during such a difficult period (i.e. all the hurricanes and flooding in Florida!). [sm=thumbup.gif]

Having said that, I think it's important to get the word out...thus my post.

BVM's carbon doublers will no doubt work fine. As my second KC is an all-white version, I don't have any issue doing the overkill reinforcement, because it'll be invisible after painting.

Using Tom's boom pic, here's what Buck and I did...



Barry