Wow. Thanks for posting this, as i have just finished a new Hotspot and am going to test fly this weekend.


It's not suprising that this happened. The back part of the fuse probably sees a lot of pressure. The back egde of the gear opening acts almost like an air scoop. At 200 MPH for example there is close to a 1 psi (0.7 if i'm correct) of dynamic pressure available. If all that dynamic pressure gets stagnated inside the back of the fuse it would truly make it bulge out like a ballon.

Good sealing gear doors would be a nice fix i think... a lot of work though.

It's probably happened quite a few times.


Jon