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Guys the canopy is two parts :
The rear that comes out and the frond that is one piece with planes nose.
Thats why there is a reflection all the time in the video.its the frond part
The canopy did left the plane and made the airframe unstable to remain on knife edge
causing the pilot to loose control (or temper if it was me on the sticks
)
The fact the canopy was on the plane for 4 flights tells me that is NOTHING WRONG with the airframe.(until the first attempt for knife!?)
What
i think hapent is:
when we talk about canopy failure we look at first for PIN FAILURE(part that locks the canopy down)
THE OWNER DIDNT MADE SURE CANOPIES
PIN IS ALL THE WAY IN AND LOCKED TO THE AIRFRAME.
and thats why canopy came out on the knife.
-why it failed on the knife edge:
the aerobatic that stress most the canopy is the
knife edge or flat turn(its the same and requires the same mix out)
cause the canopy helps big time the rudder to fly the airframe on knife edge .
(like any other fin sufrace that is placed infrond the C.G. thats why in bipes the struts hold
the wings together do help loads for knife)
If it wasn't the knife edge as tester...the canopy can stay in place with a small tape.
at the end of the day...we are all exited with a new jet.
but this excitement can make us overlook things.
Sorry for your loss BUT
It is not SkyMasters fault when the owner doesn't secure the canopy well in place
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