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ORIGINAL: I spent a lot of time and effort putting this cessna together and only got to fly it for maybe 30 mins total.

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ORIGINAL: daubut

Well I ordered a Cessna skylane 40 kit from you guys about a month ago, got it finally put together last week and took it out to maiden it this past Sunday. Well after the pre-flight and range check I taxi her out to the runway and took off a couple of clicks to the right and couple clicks down elevator and 3/4 throttle she flew hands off. The flaps really helped with the take off but with all the wind on Sunday didn't really need them. Well heres the problem! I installed the pushrods that came with the kit, they are a little flimsy in my opinion but I installed them anyway, had some issues with them binding in the guide tubes, had to work them back and forth a bunch to get them to slide better. Well the third flight of the day everything was going well until all of a sudden I banked left to make the turn and she just kept going that direction, SMACK right into the ground at a fairly decent speed. I was like what the heck? Well after further investigation I found out what happened, the servo tray came loose! the whole damn tray was rattling around inside what was left of the fueselage. I have Hitec 65hb installed in the rudder and elevator and seems like that binding on the rod kept applying force on the servo and eventually pushed the whole servo tray forward breaking free cuasing me to loose control of the plane. I looked at the wreckage in depth after figuring out that one and the rest of the formers in the fueselage are barely in there too. What type of glue do you guys use on these planes, elmers? I pushed the f4 former with my finger and it broke free of the fuse with little effort. After further investigation all the glue used inside the fuse is the same some typ of dryed up looking chalky glue, definetly not epoxy, CA would have held better than that glue you guys used. Well after debating why and then finding out all this I am sure this was a crash cuased by poor quality craftsmanship and not mechanical assembly error, or pilot error.

This is the third plane I have bought from you guys and have been really happy with the other 2. I spent a lot of time and effort putting this cessna together and only got to fly it for maybe 30 mins total.

I talked to one off the guys in my local club last night and he said that you guys were real good about replacing items that were fualty from the factory, he told me about this forum and said I should plead my case here. I have some photos of the wreckage if you need proof.

What I would like is if you guys would send me another plane. I still have my purchase info and would be happy to send you the photos if you need.

I read some of the threads in here and to my surprise you guys have stood behind your products in the past and have replaced a few planes for people with circumstances like mine.

If you could replace this bird I would definetly be thankfull, if not I don't think I will buy another plane from you guys again, and if I do I will surely re glue all the structural connections I can get too with some real epoxy.

Please get back to me about this as soon as possible as I am interested in getting another one ASAP, if you will replace then great if not I am going to buy the great planes skylane kit instead, and will never return to Nitroplanes.com again

Hope to have good things to say about you guys after this.

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ORIGINAL: daubut

Well I ordered a Cessna skylane 40 kit from you guys about a month ago, got it finally put together last week and took it out to maiden it this past Sunday. Well after the pre-flight and range check I taxi her out to the runway and took off a couple of clicks to the right and couple clicks down elevator and 3/4 throttle she flew hands off. The flaps really helped with the take off but with all the wind on Sunday didn't really need them. Well heres the problem! I installed the pushrods that came with the kit, they are a little flimsy in my opinion but I installed them anyway, had some issues with them binding in the guide tubes, had to work them back and forth a bunch to get them to slide better. Well the third flight of the day everything was going well until all of a sudden I banked left to make the turn and she just kept going that direction, SMACK right into the ground at a fairly decent speed. I was like what the heck? Well after further investigation I found out what happened, the servo tray came loose! the whole damn tray was rattling around inside what was left of the fueselage. I have Hitec 65hb installed in the rudder and elevator and seems like that binding on the rod kept applying force on the servo and eventually pushed the whole servo tray forward breaking free cuasing me to loose control of the plane. I looked at the wreckage in depth after figuring out that one and the rest of the formers in the fueselage are barely in there too. What type of glue do you guys use on these planes, elmers? I pushed the f4 former with my finger and it broke free of the fuse with little effort. After further investigation all the glue used inside the fuse is the same some typ of dryed up looking chalky glue, definetly not epoxy, CA would have held better than that glue you guys used. Well after debating why and then finding out all this I am sure this was a crash cuased by poor quality craftsmanship and not mechanical assembly error, or pilot error.

This is the third plane I have bought from you guys and have been really happy with the other 2. I spent a lot of time and effort putting this cessna together and only got to fly it for maybe 30 mins total.

I talked to one off the guys in my local club last night and he said that you guys were real good about replacing items that were fualty from the factory, he told me about this forum and said I should plead my case here. I have some photos of the wreckage if you need proof.

What I would like is if you guys would send me another plane. I still have my purchase info and would be happy to send you the photos if you need.

I read some of the threads in here and to my surprise you guys have stood behind your products in the past and have replaced a few planes for people with circumstances like mine.

If you could replace this bird I would definetly be thankfull, if not I don't think I will buy another plane from you guys again, and if I do I will surely re glue all the structural connections I can get too with some real epoxy.

Please get back to me about this as soon as possible as I am interested in getting another one ASAP, if you will replace then great if not I am going to buy the great planes skylane kit instead, and will never return to Nitroplanes.com again

Hope to have good things to say about you guys after this.

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ORIGINAL: opjose

That's an awfully NICE looking "defective product".

I may have to get myself one of those.

I'll just have to remember to do what I always do an fuelproof the interior, which also takes care of parts that did not get fully glued in place.... SOP for me.

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ORIGINAL: Broken

I am under the impression that the CMP planes use poor quality glue in all of the models they produce. I for one welcome our cheaply glued flying overlords!

Anyway- As OPJOSE said SOP for putting all of these models together is to glue or re-glue the critical parts just to be sure. BTW I have that same model and it is an excellent model to take to the field and kick around.