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Old 08-27-2006 | 09:02 AM
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Default RE: Catastrophic air frame failure

Sorry for your crash...

Yes, the HS has this problem, if built in the original way... after some flights enduring the stress forces and landings, the fuselage starts to de-laminate from the formers and starts to get flimsy. The solution is to glue CF strips along all the formers and adding a 1 inch CF strip on the fuselage
this coupled with some details and twin wing tubes make possible full power dives on a 34 lbs turbine up to 400 mph.

It would be good to current HS flyers reading this thread to remember to check their fuselages to
avoid what happened to yours.

Enrique