ORIGINAL: rik1024
The plane and engine had 9 flights on it this was the 9th . I think the wings folded from flying it a little harder than it was meant for like high speed dives .
rik1024,
The Avistar is one of my favorite planes, strong, and relatively easy to fly, but still does some fun stuff especially with a .46 engine. I was sorry to see your plane in pieces.
One day I was pylon racing mine when either the rubber bands or the wing dowels broke and the fuselage became a lawn dart, with pretty much the same results as yours. It took the wing about 2 minutes to flutter down. I was able to get a replacement fuse off of eBay. Several months later, I let a friend fly the "rebuilt" plane, who crashed it into a squirrel, fuse was pretty much toast again, but the wing survived. My friend rebuilt this and flies it from time to time. On other occasions, I've torn the ailerons off, ie the CA hinges tore, pulling up from a dive.
Anyways, the point I'm trying to make is that if your wings folded on an Avistar, well, perhaps you didn't have enough glue holding them together. If you happened to have bought the RTF version, well, I recommend gluing the wing halves together. IMHO, the Avistar wings are so strong, they won't fail unless they had been damaged previously, or not enough glue was used.
Hope you get back in the air quickly, and good luck!