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Old 07-19-2004 | 04:52 PM
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Default RE: AVOID THESE ARF's AT ALL COST!!!!!!!!!!!!

My Vmar Aero Subaru went in yesterday. Just seconds after take off it tip stalled massive to the left, and not all the amount of right aileron could get it out once it started to go over. It is my thought that I should not have split the ailerons for flaps. There just isn't enough control surface on this Plane once you split the ailerons to do you any good to get out of a bad situation. I don't think the best pilot could have saved it. It just didn't have any control authority, and had a mind of its own more or less. The firewall came completely off the front of the Plane. It came off in one complete piece breaking loose all the glue joints. This tells me that it was not glued or supported good enough at the factory. Hardly any broken wood at all. Its just like the front of the Plane was tacked together with Elmers Glue. Every Glue Joint on the Front of the Plane Failed. One thing about it, the Plane will be easy to fix by doing some good gluing with epoxy and CA, but this should have all been done correctly at the Factory. I will fix the Vmar and fly it again, but I will also say that I will NEVER buy another one. Live and Learn I guess. A tip to anyone who owns this Plane: Check all your glue joints! The glue is either inferior or they just don't use enough of it. Also forget about setting it up for flaps. This Plane just don't fly well enough to sacrifice 50% of your Aileron Surface. Lucky for me I had my Great Planes Super Sportster with me that flies like it is on rails. It really makes me appreciate my Great Planes Model more after flying the Vmar. I tried to be objective about the Vmar, but objective is out the window now! Please avoid this ARF AT ALL COST!!! When a Plane crashes like that you should see splinters of wood everywhere, and not a pile of pressed out whole kit pieces without no glue. Maybe some might think that a good thing, but I do not. The best flying Plane with glue joints like that will never hold up to years of high stress manuvers. If all you fly is gentle lazy circles then one may last awhile, but I even have trouble believing that.