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Old 09-23-2004 | 08:13 PM
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Default RE: Phoenix Sea Bee

Leftnut-
Yup
The hinges came out and had maybe a tiny dab of glue on them. Nowhere near 'glued'. Preflight inspection showed them to be tight. Failed on the third flight turning into a 25mph wind at 1/4 throttle.
Also be carefull of the Cg location and err towards nose heavy- mine went from fun to fly to wild porpoiseing and snapping in about 2 oz of fuel. Did some wild aerobatics though.

Elevator throws are pretty criticall.

The nylon connectors for the control rods also do not appear strong enough-especially for the rudder!