Thanks for the support guys. I can assure you all that I only want EVERYONE to enjoy and benefit from this hobby and that includes manufacturers, distributors and their customers but we have got to do it with the discipline and profesionalism I haver experienced in full career of flying real jets of many types and sizes. These models are very high performance machines and like it or not we all live in a very litigious world and a serious accident could finish it for all of us. I Its time the Hotspot delaminatiion problem, a defined possible cause of structural failure as there have been too many reports to dissmiss, was fixed once and for all. If Graupner think the cost of a fix is too high, I can promise them its a drop in the ocean compared with the probable cost involved following a serious accident, now that the problem is known.

I rest my case.

On the subject of honest reviews when you read my reviews in RCJI you read what I found ! Its got me more than a little hassle and unpleasantness from some quarters but as I pay for what I review I absolutely believe that an honest and fair assesment is in the interest of both consumer and manufacturer. Having said that , I generally only review the good stuff, i. e that which I am prepared to pay good money for !
BRG,
David Gladwin