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Old 12-01-2011 | 01:49 PM
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Default RE: Heads up elevator failure JetLegent Hawk


ORIGINAL: dubd

Exactly why I bought my latest plane from CARF.

I love my Eurosport and my Flash (when I had it) too. However, when I originally got my Euro (5 years or so ago), it had a design flaw in the gear plate mounting such that any non-perfect landing would knock the plates loose and drive them up through the top of the wing. Sure enough, it happened to mine. I applied the fix that Todd published on his web page and its been a super jet ever since.

Trust me though, I've been inside my Euro wing and you could not see the required reinforcement in the picture below, so nice as it is, it doesn't tell the story - and even good manufacturers like Comp-ARF and BVM are not immune...

Bob
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