Tom,

FWIW, and you probably already know this... that break is almost exactly where the booms broke in flight on the King Cat at the Maine Jet Rally. The structure in that area looks exactly the same on that one as well. I looked it over carefully since I had planned on ordering another one this fall. Everything looked like it was manufactured correctly with no obvious or visible building errors or defects. Seeing how there are failures without hard ground contact, your bounce was most likely just the catalyst, and not the sole cause.

I ordered a King Cat at last years Maine Jet Rally, but it wasn't delivered to me until late winter/early march the next year - 6-7 months . I had planned on building it over the winter, but since it came so late, I sold it off rather than sitting on it all season long. I had decided that I'd order a another one in a different color and build it this winter. I wish I still had the contact information for the buyer so I could make sure he is notified of the problem with the booms, and get an fix kit from BVM. There is no way for BVM to get him a kit unless the buyer runs across the info somewhere and contacts BVM. Hence the need to get the info out to those people that bought the kits second hand, or otherwise not easily identified or traceable.