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master65 · 02-14-2016, 07:36 AM

Hi all

i finished building my trex 500L dominator this morning and took it out for a test flight. all went well, the only thing I dont like is the canopy is a pig to get on, a real pain. you have to stretch it so much to get over the pins you can hear it crack. any body got any good ideas, mods or parts to buy to make it any easyer

thanks in advance

darknight736 · 02-14-2016, 08:20 AM

unscrew the front canopy post and cut it (thread side)I remove about 1/8 each side and it perfect.

nigel armstrong · 02-14-2016, 08:21 AM

your right. Getting the canopy on and off is a real pain and its not too long before cracks start to develop making the whole thing look very second hand.
I asked the same question on another forum and received the following tip. Reduce the length of the two front mounting posts by about 4mm. This really does help with the fitting of the canopy. Using magnetic fixings on the rear mountings helps too.....but at a cost!

darknight736 · 02-14-2016, 10:01 AM

using trex 600 canopy grommet for the front post help too

master65 · 02-14-2016, 10:12 AM

Many thanks for the replys, I'll cut down the front canopy posts and see how that goes

master65 · 02-15-2016, 01:15 PM

many many thanks guys for the suggestions. I cut down the front canopy posts by just under 4mm and now the canopy glides on to the heli. Big big Thank you

nigel armstrong · 02-17-2016, 05:18 AM

Align must know about this minor problem. How much effort would it take to sort this out at the factory?

Alexatu · 02-19-2016, 12:45 AM

I was just about to open a thread titled "Canopy grommets: I hate them! I hate them! I hate them!" Every time before flight I have to fiddle with the canopy, it makes everything look so unprofessional. You know when you bring your friends to show them how the thing flies… but they start leaving because you need like 2 minutes to fight those 4 grommets

Alex M K · 02-23-2016, 09:37 AM

This thread I wrote is very old, but in it, I mention several issues I found with thre 500L.

https://www.helifreak.com/showthread...omparison+500L

One of the issues was the crappy canopy problem, and how to fix it.

It's all there

Kind regards

Alex

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master65 Registered Users Join Date: Aug 2008	500l dominator canopy mod Hi all i finished building my trex 500L dominator this morning and took it out for a test flight. all went well, the only thing I dont like is the canopy is a pig to get on, a real pain. you have to stretch it so much to get over the pins you can hear it crack. any body got any good ideas, mods or parts to buy to make it any easyer thanks in advance __________________ 360 CFX, Parkzone visionaire

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master65 Registered Users Thread Starter Join Date: Aug 2008	Many thanks for the replys, I'll cut down the front canopy posts and see how that goes __________________ 360 CFX, Parkzone visionaire Last edited by master65; 02-14-2016 at 12:52 PM..

02-15-2016, 01:15 PM	#6 (permalink)
master65 Registered Users Thread Starter Join Date: Aug 2008	many many thanks guys for the suggestions. I cut down the front canopy posts by just under 4mm and now the canopy glides on to the heli. Big big Thank you __________________ 360 CFX, Parkzone visionaire

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Alexatu Registered Users Join Date: Jan 2014	I was just about to open a thread titled "Canopy grommets: I hate them! I hate them! I hate them!" Every time before flight I have to fiddle with the canopy, it makes everything look so unprofessional. You know when you bring your friends to show them how the thing flies… but they start leaving because you need like 2 minutes to fight those 4 grommets __________________ Cheap nitro engine to gasser conversion thread (OS,TT Redline, ASP)

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02-14-2016, 08:20 AM	#2 (permalink)
darknight736 Registered Users Join Date: Apr 2014	unscrew the front canopy post and cut it (thread side)I remove about 1/8 each side and it perfect.

02-14-2016, 08:21 AM	#3 (permalink)
nigel armstrong Registered Users Join Date: Feb 2016 Location: Northumberland, England	your right. Getting the canopy on and off is a real pain and its not too long before cracks start to develop making the whole thing look very second hand. I asked the same question on another forum and received the following tip. Reduce the length of the two front mounting posts by about 4mm. This really does help with the fitting of the canopy. Using magnetic fixings on the rear mountings helps too.....but at a cost!

02-14-2016, 10:01 AM	#4 (permalink)
darknight736 Registered Users Join Date: Apr 2014	using trex 600 canopy grommet for the front post help too

02-17-2016, 05:18 AM	#7 (permalink)
nigel armstrong Registered Users Join Date: Feb 2016 Location: Northumberland, England	Align must know about this minor problem. How much effort would it take to sort this out at the factory?

02-23-2016, 09:37 AM	#9 (permalink)
Alex M K Registered Users Join Date: Oct 2014	This thread I wrote is very old, but in it, I mention several issues I found with thre 500L. https://www.helifreak.com/showthread...omparison+500L One of the issues was the crappy canopy problem, and how to fix it. It's all there Kind regards Alex

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