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Old 08-27-2006 | 09:43 AM
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Default RE: Catastrophic air frame failure

Many HS have this problem, the cause is really air entering through the wheel wells, building up pressure in the fuselage, litterally "blowing" the glue joint apart. This is then immediately followed by delamination. You can either add wheel wells and doors, or just use a very simple fix: cut slots into the bottom aft of the fuse, below the turbine. This will allow the air entering through the wells to escape, thus unloading the joints. High speed flying is apparently no longer a problem. I'm putting a HotSpot together at the moment and will be using that method, it's been suggested by various different people i've talked to here in Germany.

Regards
Hank

CMjets: the colors on your t-bird scheme are way off......especially the blue :-)