here is my crash story
I have this plane(had) and is pretty much destroyed it after a crash. I think leaving the afs and the air brakes was a mistake. I did not a problem taking off but did have problems controling the plane. Even taking the motor to idle it wanted to just float or keep going up. I think it probably works fine under ideal weather conditions. If you flying against the wind you have keep fighting the plane to keep it level.If you flying with the wind your fine until you have to turn back, I always thought that when you turn you have to speed up but this plane it wanted to climb up again. I miss-judged how far the plane was when it was flying with the wind and I realized that it was close to power lines. I got freaked out pull on the stick to the left and I was upside down too close and "BAM" parts everywhere.
The plane has a floating piece thats supposed to hold and protect the wings but I think it held too much, maybe rubber bands is better for trainers. I was going to repair the plane but the parts are back ordered and seemed expensive. When I inspected the plane I noticed that the engine was crooked to the right. I removed the monokote and took measurements and found out that the plate that holds the engine was mounted about 1/8" off from side to side(crooked) I have looked at this and there is no way that this was caused by the crash. I took measurements and the rest of the plane is square. Hobbico says that is normal. Is this for real? it looks to me like a manefacturing defect. After this I have decided to gut it out and put the guts into a MEGATECH NITRO SKYLINER ARF. The plane looks a lot like the hobbico without all the extra training stuff.