Dubd,

Sorry for the loss of the F14... I'Ve read the whole thread and the inputs and agree this is structural. The stab flutter was in resonance with the fuse torquing and would agree that the bulkheads had let go on your bird. Actually, i am more of the belief that it wasnt flutter but oscillation of the stabs due to the loose bulkhead as they no longer had an anchor point. That your stab servos had intact gears point to this.

FEJ definitely has liability over a poorly constructed airframe and the claims that its flight performance envelope is in serious doubt not only for the F14, but all its models. Beyond compensation for your loss, what about the complications that may arise had a FEJ, or any other manufacturers jet, not only crashed but caused serious damage to spectators, property and the like? I hope they take responsability and compensate you not just for the plane, but the engines and electronics as well.... I, like an earlier post, do not like being a beta tester for a model that should have been carefully tested before even being offered for sale.... FEJ deserves to be boycotted.

Often enough, we have to go to RCU to ask about other members experience with a certain manufacturer/model. This is the only way of verifying if a plane is reliable enough to purchase.... What needs to be done to ensure that the jets manufacturers sell are airworthy? Whether over 55lbs or under, they all have the capablity of causing alot of damage.

And i hope that the other manufacturers step up to the plate and provide us all, with verifiably, safe models. All manufacturers should take this as a serious warning on model integrity in the States, or anywhere else. we shouldnt need to have Ravil xray stabs and the like... and we are not beta testers....

The idea of regulation is not appealing, but with products like these coming into the market that we have no idea are sasfe or not, is there another choice?