Vertical Fin Gusset?

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bryancobb
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Vertical Fin Gusset?

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Hi Guys:

How Many of your ships have a gusset on the lower right side of the vertical fin (tail rotor pylon)?

The factory e-mailed me a picture of a new ship, showing it and I am in the process of installing one.

It ties the vertical pylon SPAR on the right side to the horizontal rivet seam where the pylon rivets onto the tail-cone.

My pylon skin was flexing (oil-canning) on the lower right side, toward the front, when hard left pedal was applied.

I had read somewhere where a pylon had broken off in a hover on someone and caused a hard-landing/rollover ( no injury I believe)
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