this debate is great well again had to chime in after crashing repairing thats one.the ugly one crashing and repairing thats two. and again this weekend on my last declaired flight was getting a bit windy minor crash and repairing thats three . I love this plane this weekend broke the wing tips in a croud thrilling cart wheel( pilot error) repaired that. the shock mount was the only fatality ordered a new one from tower.
if you crank the bolt to tight it will fail without question, doesn't have to be cranked just snug if it hadn't failed the wing would have been a total loss instead small repairable dammage NBDeal
as far as take offs go start your roll get your throttle up and use that rudder it seems nobody uses the rudder, that is how you aim your plane right? if you cant you need to get some more sim. time. this plane is prety forgiving. with the auto pilot disabled and the trim adjusted properly this plane is easy parts are cheap and the enjine will power any 40 size sport plane if you lean her out a bit .
it sounds to me like alot of the problems arise from people trying to over fly this plane to slow and not letting it fly its self if it heads right a little R rudder on take off and she will get on the line. up to speed. elevator then airborne dont over control . every plane is different sure but alot of engenering went into this plane it should fly well out of the box after trimming just my 2.95$ but I stand by it. PCC Half Moon Bay flypcc.org