I guess I was looking for something that came out of the factory that was ready to fly without modifications. About all I fly anymore is warbirds, all kit built. I had a nice Pica Corsair and lost it doing stunts it wasn't suppose to do and it went in so I wanted another Corsair and didn't want to spend time building one so I bought an ARF, not the Hanger 9. When I opened the box to check out my new plane, what a disappointment. All the covering was coming off and in no way could I get it to lay back down. When I did iron the covering, the paint came off. I will say it flew good. As I once said, if you have to go through that much trouble to get a reliable plane, may as just kit build. At least that way you know how it's going together. One thing about the Hanger 9 plane is at least I know what covering to use in case I need to replace some of it. On my other ARF, the covering had panel lines drawn on it and it looked great. It flew until the wing snapped. I had no idea it was that weak.
Yes, Hanger 9 will not admit to any flaws in their product. I found that out. It is good to know from this forum the problems you guys have had and that it seems most ARFs have to be strengthened. What I can't believe is that companys won't listen to us and put out products that are quality built. I hate to put out big money for an ARF that doesn't live up to what it is advertised to do. How hard would it be for Hanger 9 or any company to listen to us and made these improvements to their planes? Firewalls, wings, retracts, etc shouldn't have to be worked on to get a quality product, it should come from the factory that way.
Larry