Article 1.004 – How difficult is it to add windows in areas where there are none?
The LHC fuselages are sport-scale and when you are looking at the marketing photographs, it is common to see painted windows outlined in black pin stripping and translucent light blue fades over white. These are normally in the upper cabin and the lower cheek windows, depending on the particular model. We don’t recommend it but some modelers with enough experience have been able to do a fantastic job. We don’t recommend adding windows, but some modelers with enough experience have been able to do a fantastic job. We don’t recommend this primarily because if it is a 30-size fuselage, then your scale helicopter is already underpowered. Even with modern 30-class engines, a fully enclosed fuselage will suffer from overheating on warmer days. Further reducing the available airflow into the fuselage will only make the situation worse. Again, an overheated engine will quit and basically fall out of the sky if you are not on-the-ball. Another challenge is in how these fuselages have been manuf
