Do not recall how many times I have posted this message, but what the heck, why not again ?

I had a brank new Aeroworks QB powered by a DLE-20 that crashed and totaled on its very first take off. Reason being is that the complete tail assembly being both vertical and horizontal stab separated from the fuselage. Why you ask ? Well in every ones opinion that viewed the wreckage, they all stated " total structural failure ".

Keep in mind that I have been assembling models since the age of 8 and now am 70. Had a stint in the USAF as a maintenance technician and a career as a Corporate Pilot. Thus, I think I know a little about aircraft structures. I attribute the failure to poor design and poor gluing practices at the factory.

In my mind a crash is a crash and if it happens, then their is nothing that you can do about it. But, I felt that Aeroworks should know of this failure, thus I sent them a number of emails telling them of the tail assembly failure. Keep in mind that I was NOT looking for any compensation, only to notify them of a possible problem with the model and assembly/gluing practices at their factories.

Know what I heard back from Aeroworks ? You guessed it, absolutely NOTHING !!!

Thus, my advise on purchasing an Aeroworks model is that you may just as well be flushing your money down the toilet, as they do not care about quality nor their customers.

Only my personal 2 cents, but now you have it ! [>:]