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Align T-REX 600N 700N > Canopy Clip Mod

vteknical
Heliman
Location: Chicago

Well I've been meaning to post pics of the mod I did to the canopy clip to prevent cracks to the finish that may occur when forcing the canopy over the studs.

Please note: This was a 30 plus minute mod, so you be the judge if there is a return on your investment.
I'm a type A so even if took 3 days and a baby I wouldn't sleep until it was to my liking.

I haven't tried it but I was thinking about gluing a dubro airplane hinge from the existing canopy clip to the canopy. I don't really know if it would be very useful, but it sure would be cool to flip the canopy forward like a corvette hood.

I can not attest to it's durability in with hardcore 3d but I can say that it's held up after 4 gallons of moderate sport flying to mild 3d. I used a redundant velcro strap through the canopy botton on the first gallon and took it off there after.

I found outward force on the canopy/grommets was relieved because of not having to bend the canopy down over the studs.

Just some food for thought.

09-22-2007 Over year old.

lovespicyfood
Senior Heliman
Location: Westlake Village, CA- U.S.A.

vteknical: I think I'm going to try your mod. I recently maidened my 600 and already there is a slight crack on the bottom of the canopy. I also found that the little shiny aluminum blocks where the front lg struts attach to can dig into the canopy if you aren't careful. I think I'm going to cut some fuel tubing and just shoe goo them on the canopy.

Thanks for the tip!

Pete

01-21-2008 01:36 AM

fiveoboy01
Veteran
Location: Waunakee, WI - USA

Nice idea.

Another idea would be to grind the lip off the clip, drill a hole through the clip into the bottom of the gear strut and use a thumbscrew to hold it on.

Trex 450SA blinged, Trex 600N, DX7

01-21-2008 05:41 AM

brcg123
Senior Heliman
Location: Wagoner OK USA

i will ask jason if he did his this way before i tear mine up. no thanks

Bruce

01-21-2008 10:21 PM

brcg123
Senior Heliman
Location: Wagoner OK USA

jason said no, he didn't do nothing to his, he just designed the trex though, what would he know?

Bruce

01-21-2008 10:22 PM

lovespicyfood
Senior Heliman
Location: Westlake Village, CA- U.S.A.

No offense Bruce, do it if you want, don't do it if you don't want to.

Jason is awesome, no doubt, but I'm sure he has a few canopies, don't you think? I bet he gets them pretty cheap too!

As with any prudent business man, I don't think I've ever heard him say anything bad about Align's design.

I for one did crack my canopy the first day I maidened my 600! It's not cracked a lot, but I know that w/out some sort of strengthening of the area, it's going to crack a lot more. And I used your excellent method of taking it on and off.

just another opinion...

Pete

01-22-2008 01:42 AM

4eye
Senior Heliman
Location: Honolulu

Yeah you tell em Bruce! I asked the chinese workers down at the Thunder Tiger manufacturing plant if it was OK for me to put a Kasama head on my Raptor 50. They gave me their blessing and all is well. Now I gotta ask em if it's ok for me to use non-stock decals on the canopy. I hope I get their blessing on this one also.

01-22-2008 04:33 AM

vteknical
Heliman
Location: Chicago

In the stock form my canopy required 3x more force to slide over the studs than most I felt prior to mine.

To me it seemed like a slight oversight in design when a 7-10 degree angle would of made it perfect fit.

I can't imagine Jason or for that matter any designer looking back at an original design sfter almost a year saying it's still perfect.

01-22-2008 05:04 AM

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