After removing the upper sheeting and stregnthening the plate wich supports the upper cabines I checked incedences and prepped the plane for another flight. The flight went reasonably well except in midflight i lost my muffler pressure and went dead stick. I bring the plane around and allmost make it to the strip, I stall a foot off the weeds about 5 feet short of the blacktop and she sets down.
I get complemented on a nice save and go to get the plane.

The landing gear collapsed, Not just collapsed but busted out all the lower sheeting and stringers and cracked the rear lite ply support plate. Apon examination of the LG plate i find that except for the epoxy I added, the tristock I installed, and the dowels I epoxied the only thing holding the LG plate in was the original glue holding it to the soft balsa stringers. There is a interlocking tab set up to hold the LG plate between a fore and aft semicircular lite ply support plates but apparently no glue. The front plate is ok, the rear plate shattered taking everything out up to the forward wing mounting plate. It wiill take a bit of work to fix this. You might say that was a crappy landing but ive done worse and had no damage on more fragile planes. The biggest flaw ( aside from the missing glue ) is that the lite ply that is suppposed to be interlocked to the LG plate is semicircular not fully round ( as you miight expect ) so even if the plate was correctly glued there is insuficient structure to support an 8 1/2 lb plane. Sorry, two 1/4" balsa stringers and some 3/32 sheeting is not good aircraft engineering for landing gear support.

I showed the plane to the stafff at the local nobby people, he called his manager. They said to strip the plane and they would return it to the manufacturer. Assuming that they hold true to their word tomorow, I commend Hobby people for backing their products.

Im not bashing anyone but this is my experience. Take is as you will.