I agree with most of the replies on this subject. I build and fly mostly warbirds myself either scratch or kit built, and once in awhile I'll pick up an ARF but haven't had much luck with them in the past. They are generally of poor quality, built sloppy and fly like rocks. I agree you get what you pay for. But, one day I picked up a H-9 AT-6 for a back up plane and was pretty impressed with it. Of course it's not 100% scale and there is things that could be improved upon, It was built and covered very well. And to get a .60 sized plane that is about a hundred more dollars more than a kit of comparable size built, covered, and with all the accessories, (even with cheep retracts) It's a pretty good buy. Which led my interest to the H-9 Corsair.
I too have the same problem most people have, Just not enough time in a day when you have a wife and kids and have to work for a living. I'm down to building only one kit a year. ( not that I regret the wife and kids) But after reading all the forums on the Corsair I was skeptical. I don't agree that Hanger 9 wouldn't address and fix some of the problems with this airplane. Having the firewall rip off and wing failures are major liability problems and the average person that buys, assembles and flies this bird shouldn't have to make such modifications. I belong to a show team and fly infront of hundreds of people. And the last thing I need is a structural failure that could get some one hurt. I'm glad that I found the forum and the things people had to say about the problems and corrections that need to be made to the H-9 Corsair.
From what people have been saying, the planes flies pretty good. So, I decided to get one despite the problems and do the modifications.

Taking in concideration these arfs are made in China, the quality of the plane can depend on who builds it and their skill level. I guess I got lucky with mine. I found the plane built and covered very well. It seems they did add reinforcement to the firewall and the retracts have been upgraded with heavy duty ball links and the gear wire has a "s" bend in it that allows full retraction. ( probably won't use them anyway) As far as the wing goes, It does look week to me around the gear area and will need alittle reinforcement.
As far as wing failure goes, I haven't heard anyone say specifically where or how this happens.
I'm assuming it's after a hard landing and or over stressing it by flying it in an unscale manner. Anyone got any input about that? Over all I think it's a very nice plane for the money and has alot of potential. Too bad they don't offer it in an "almost ready to cover version. I hate to peel off a nice covering job to make modifcations.

Warbird Man