ORIGINAL: rbxbear44

Just returning home from KY event...

Ok, I'm confused here...what is it that you guys want? You throw them under the bus when you say you want them to ''own up as a company'' and when they do...you throw them under the bus for doing it. Since this was their own factory jet, they had no choice but to own up to it! My question remains, had this jet been owned and assembled by another modeler, would they have "owned" up to it then, or left the modeler hanging?You ask them to fly their planes more and test them out but when they post that they are flying, you invade their threads and bash them for that. We want them to fly them more, in test mode, BEFORE offering them for sale to unsuspecting modelers. A MIBO A-10 goes down...nothing! The Mibo A-10 does not have a history of flutter failures. It was an engine out scenario, totally different! 3 other planes at the same event go down...nothing! Planes always go down at events. The point is WHY did they go down? Is it a mfg or pilot issue? Does it reflect a consistent pattern? A Large airframe from a manufacturer that is deeply loved by all of you, lands in full tail failure flutter...nothing! Can't speak to this, as I haven't heard about it. When someone posts ANYTHING showing response and purpose in any positive form, such as Lewis' comment...you climb all over them for making a point or agreeing with anything on the FEJ side. This FEJ issue has been going on in one form or another ,FOR YEARS! Do you honestly expect everything to be A OK because they finally did ONE thing asked for?

Safety is amazing at this event...Lewis Captains a great ship for sure! With 176 registered pilots as of Thursday evening...the event and that flight line is run with precision and care. You're absolutely correct! This has nothing to do with FEJ. But...just as a Large Hawk can go in because of a probably materials failure, the other jet that had it's Ailerons reversed, hitting within the same fenced in pasture...able to carry the same damage...nothing! Ailerons reversed is a pilot/builder issue, not a mfg one!

I told James and Ken with FEJ, I will help in any way I can to work through the process of making this Large Hawk a great airframe for the RC...and any other airframe they have for that matter! Many of us have made that same offer to FEJ over the years, only to be outright rejected for the positive info offered! I am NOT an engineer but I do build and have access to good folks that are not biased and with the proper background to help out. It's called pro-activity! To me, it seems much more than ''all for the sake of safety'' that is going on here... Safety has only become an issue because of all of the rejected sound advice offered to FEJ over the years by experienced modelers and even aerospace engineers, for Christ sake! The list of names reads like a list of Who's Who in this hobby. Almost all of it rejected by FEJ!

Looking from the outside in, it sure looks like a lynch mob to me. I saw all the parts at ground zero of the impact when the Hawk went down. The deck and all surrounding HC skin was fully intact and in it's exact position with no fracture where the servo and stab deck sits. BUT, FEJ has made a statement as a company and has committed in a public forum to take the airframe back into testing...as you demanded hey start doing when Dantley's 14 went in. Perhaps The airplane, should not have been out of testing yet! That jet is till being offered for sale on their website. Why? If it's in testing, it's not ready for sale and they shouldn't be taking orders with DEPOSITS or FULL PAYMENT for them! That's a whole nother issue! facepalm*...double facepalm*

Listen, you guys are not helping anything for the sake of safety...you are polarizing the jet community I beg to differ. It is the actions or inaction of FEJ that is polarizing the comunity!...many really good and seasoned pilots are signing off of RCU for good because of it. And good grief...how in the world can anyone get ticked at Lowell Wexler? He'd give you the shirt off his back and his last drink of water. Never met a more genuine ambassador for this hobby! I agree. Lowell has unfortunately been caught up in collateral damage, as a result of verified and confirmed FEJ missteps in handling issues regarding their customers. Unfortunately, when bombs drop, innocent people get hit.

Keep in mind, I have a 3W Bearcat, SM Large Viper and a Meister Scale FW190A sitting in my shop to build...not just FEJ airframes. I have six FEJ airframes and am not a FEJ hater. I just want them to do whats right by their customers! Offering jets for sale that have not been fully tested and then going dark, or attempting to place blame elsewhere when customers have structural failures with those jets is not only bad business, it puts potentially unsafe aircraft into the air.


Rex