Hi Bill,

Really sorry to read about your Impact, seems theres still more work to be done by CARF to fix this continuing problem with this particular model. I also had a very similar experience with my Impact ( see earlier posts in this thread ) and the response from CARF was that it was an end user problem! I as well as others that I know of, told CARF that this area needs severe reinforcement but the reply to me was that the structural design was fine and that "Frankly your self appraised expertism pi*ses me off" was one line from an e-mail received by me from Andreas!! Luckily for me the skin of the airframe was still in-tacked just a crease on one side around 4" in front of the vertical stab former. I have glassed this section with glass and cloth and installed a balsa ladder from the rear anti-rotation pegs of the wings to the fin base former at the rear. Also I have added a 45 degree former keyed into the fin base former rear to the sturn post of the rudder. The rudder leading edge has been removed and replaced with a balsa bevel and I have used 5 Robart hinge pins instead of 4. So far I have flown several snaps with the model at various comps this season without any problems......................Doh, why did I say that! I too wonder if any electric powered Impacts have suffered the same problem? Come on you electron addicts, give us some feedback........................please.

Regards,

Andy.