I reckon I'll put in my 2 cents also.

I purchased one of these ARF's at the end of January this year and shortly after beginning assembly started searching around the web for any helpful hints. The wing failures postings I ran across had me wondering if I shouldn't have done this search before buying the plane.

Well, I just decided, as a few others have have also, to just go for it and see what happens. The only mod done was to the landing gear with an aluminum joiner, effectively turning it into a 'one piece' unit. What Einstein decided on a two piece system?[sm=bananahead.gif]

The first few flights were made on pins and needles as I slowly bumped up the speeds. 20 flights later I now have no qualms about a full power, 45 degree dive down to the runway for a high speed pass. The pull out is still conservative as I would like to hang on the plane as long as possible. No yankin and bankin EXCEPT at low speeds. She will snap roll quickly at a fairly low speed. I imagine the stress on the plane at that point would be fairly low, by comparison.

I kept the weight to a minimum by going with an O.S. 61. Glad I did. The plane just screams with a .61. And with the in-cowl muffler set up, buggering up the cowl is minimized. If the wing loading is an issue, steer clear of bigger motors (more weight) they don't seem to be needed. I would bet this would fly off a paved runway with a hot .46!

And that's my 2 cents worth. Hope I didn't jinx my success so far with this post![X(]

Best of luck!

Chip W.