Had a somewhat routine landing in heavy crosswind, actually did one 6" bounce, and the battery hatch door popped off. Taxied back and noticed the fuselage was cracked clean through at the back end of the battery compartment, held on only because of the wing. When I got it home, I noticed that this section is the weakest place of the entire fuselage, with several channels cut in it and the carbon fiber tube running along side the battery stops at this point; which makes no sense to me. I'm flying with a 5000mah battery and the Mr. RC Sound "speakers are just in front of the break point, so there is quite a lot of weight in the nose forward of the "weak" spot. Reinforced the channels with square wooden rods and carbon fiber rods running further forward and aft of the position, then epoxied the hell out of it. Wonder if anyone else is seeing this. Granted, some of my first landings when I got the plane were a little "rougher", so this crack must have been developing for some time. Just glad it didn't break loose in flight! That would have worthy of a video.
Got it back together, as you can see, and I think it's much more robust in that area.
Got it back together, as you can see, and I think it's much more robust in that area.
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