Mike,

Great having a manufacturer that's responsive.
I've built a number of H9 planes (the 80' CAP 232, the smaller sharkmouth CAP and just recently the 1.50 Mustang) and have to say I think your quality is superb, except the retracts in the Mustang that is. The retracts were way too loose and the plane wobbled way too much even before the retracts had any wear on them. On the first landing, which was smooth with no side load, the downlock tangs broke off the trunion block and the gear folded scuffing my pretty new airplane. I'd personally prefer to pay $20 less for the airplane and use my own retracts. I'm probably in the minority on this though as I've been flying for 30+ years and have 10 or 15 sets of retracts in the shop that I've used before and are of good quality that I can quickly subsitute. On the other side, I'd gladly pay $40 more for the Mustang if the supplied retracts were of good enough quality to support the airplane (no slop, smooth movement and parts strong enough for the intended use). The 1.50 Mustang retracts look like they were designed for at most a .60 size airplane up to about 8 Lbs and are no way good enough for a 14 Lb airplane.


Thanks for listening,