My Impact tail broke off yesterday at a pattern meet. I had installed the rear bulkhead and also had a piece of foam mounted horizontally in the tail from behind the canopy to the rear bulkhead. It broke right at the front edge of the rear bulkhead. The pull pull cables for the rudder and the elevator bellcrank and the seam tape at the top and bottom of the fuse where all that was holding the tail on. My last flight was somewhat bizarre, to say the least, not knowing what had gone wrong.

This is my second Composite-ARF to bite the dust. Last year I bought a Rev Pro and the tail boom broke off right behind the canopy on the maiden flight. Composite-ARF sold me the Impact at a considerably reduced flight with assurances that the problem was fixed. Bullfeathers. The only difference I see is that this one broke off right in front of the tail feathers rather than behind the canopy. I fly intermediate so there are no vilant maneuvers. I've never even tried to snap or spin it. For what it is worth, I did use the stock rudder.

I will never buy anything else from Composite-ARF. Even when they came out with a supposed fix for the Impact, they never made any effort to notify their customers.

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