Limited Edition N5c Canopy

[James Mineo]

Nice lid! I should be getting mine tomorrow :-)

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[Chris Sexton]

Got one of mine in today.
The pictures do not do it justice. This is a stunning beautiful canopy. I'll be ordering my other one from Ralph this evening.

Regards,
Brandon Bartolomucci
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Damn Brandon, when are we going flying? We live awefully close to each other to wait for a fun fly!

[Brandon Bartolomucci]

Haha I know man. I've only been to CORF once since I joined because everyone else I fly with always flies at a spot here so I end up not heading up.


Regards,
Brandon Bartolomucci
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[Maxturbine]

Here is the spacer I made for Rick. It will give him a little more clearance on the muffler side to take the canopy off.

The thicker version is on the left and the OEM from Funtech is on the right

Ralph

[Matt Botos]

Nice Ralph! That should make it a bit easier with some of the mufflers.

I just started the factory on the same paint scheme for the E6/7.

Matt

[Maxturbine]

Thanks

The paint is really nice and I look forward to the E7 one.

Ralph

[John]

Love the canopy but wow its expensive.  Still got one since my N5c is my favorite, but $130 seemed a tad steep to me.

[Brandon Bartolomucci]

So I got my other canopy in from Ralph and along with it the spacer that was posted above. I run the Funtech B320 pipe and with this spacer the stock pipe screws came out to the point of just being flush with the pipe on the out most side. As many know the Funtechs tend to strip and the bottom hole did. So I went and grabbed Dubro 3 x 50 (part # 2271) screws and some nylock nuts. This gave PLENTY of extra threading with some still in the pipe and beyond. I like the security of lock nuts anyway so this was very good. The spacer: absolutely awesome machining and looks great.

Thank you Ralph! As promised, pics of the spacer installed. Highly recommended. Puts enough space between the pipe & canopy that you won't damage the canopy from heat/ taking it off or putting it on but not so far out that it looks like a tumor on your heli.




Regards,
Brandon Bartolomucci
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[Maxturbine]

You are welcome.

I am glad it work out for you.

Ralph

[Flat Eric]

@Brandon,

In the last picture you have the engine mounting shim in the wrong place, the shims should go between the mounting and the engine, on yours it is on the outside of the engine.

[Brandon Bartolomucci]

Hmm well I guess that would make more sense now that I think about it. Haha never did think about that before, just thought that was more of a protection type thing.

Thanks Flat Eric! Will fix that tomorrow.


Regards,
Brandon Bartolomucci
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[flyalan]

Good catch Eric. The second hand N5 I owned a while back was missing those shims and as a result had an alignment issue. This was causing premature wear of the starter shaft.


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[Brandon Bartolomucci]

Fixed those shims this morning. Hah wow I feel like an idiot for all this time having them like that. Thanks for the catch again!


Regards,
Brandon Bartolomucci
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[Chris McVey]

Matt,

  That is some good news about new colors for the E7. I cannot wait to get mine.

[Flat Eric]

Fixed those shims this morning. Hah wow I feel like an idiot for all this time having them like that. Thanks for the catch again!


Regards,
Brandon Bartolomucci
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No worries Brandon, I won't tell anyone   

Glad you got it sorted 

Eric