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ORIGINAL: twistr

I am running a G38 in mine. However, my first one, the tail feathers came off in flight. Not the stab, but the entire tail assembly! Now the ARF horiz stab goes through the fuse with some epoxy. When the tail flew off, it took the layer of wood underneath where we glued it in. It cost me almost $100 in parts to fix my brand new zenoah g38 because it bent the shaft, and it cost me $18 to send the wreckage back to great planes, who turned around and said that it was my fault the tail came apart because I didn't use enough glue when I glued in the hor stab, but that as a measure of good customer service, they would go ahead and replace the plane this time. What a crock. Common sense tells you that it couldn't be my fault because of the way the ARF is shipped! So I'm out about $118 and another build. This time I'm putting triangle stock under the hor stab, and I've turned it upside down and filled the darn thing with epoxy. It's not going anywhere! Now I see that there is a known problem with the hor stab. Imagine that! I'll now go back and put flying wires in and seal up the elevator hinges for good measure. When it was flying, it was an awesome flying mochine! Fun to fly, very graceful and georgous in the air, and flat spin until the cows come home. I do love the plane, hopefully I can get it beefed up enough to stay together. I'll send some pix of how I mounted in the G38. I used the standoffs provided with the ARF and used the flat plate mount.