Well as suspected, taping the hinge lines didn't improve anything. I have done it on a couple of my ships, mainly to satisfy the sealed hinge advocates but never had it make any difference in the way they fly. My gaps are almost non existant and consistant enough sealing them doesn't seem to be the magic bullet others have found it to be.
This ship has been a jinx from the start, so many things have gone wrong I'm about ready to give up and just chalk it up to experience. This weekend the canopy melted from sitting out in the sun and just not sure it's worth trying to fix.
I did add two ounces of lead to the nose and it improved the level flight characteristics but now it really flys like it's nose heavy, which it is. On top of all this it has the exact same tank that is in my Score, both Saito 56's, same fuel, prop everything... This engine runs 4 minutes on 4 ounces, the one in my Score runs 6 1/2 minutes on 4 ounces. Easy to fix with a 6 ounce tank but just another issue to deal with.
