rsCVN-71,
Ok, first things first, welcome to the hobby and RCU. We're always glad to see new people in here, and we hope that we can help you out. My first thoughts would be to call Goldberg. They are usually very good about supporting their customers. I can't guarantee this but I'm willing to bet that they will send you new parts to replace the warped ones. For right now I would hold up building until you talk to them. If you have other parts already attached to the warped parts make sure you tell them that when you talk to them as they may replace those too. Sometimes you can "un-warp" parts by using several various techniques, and other times you can build the parts in such a way that will counteract the warp. But without seeing the warped parts it's really hard to give any advice on what to do to take care of it. Right now I think that the manufacturer is going to be your best bet to get it straightened out.

I'm not trying to cause any problems or put anybody down, but I really don't like it when I hear people say this. IMHO it becomes a self fulfilling prophecy when you go around saying "you will probably crash". If you think that way then sooner or later it's going to happen. But to think that "it's just a trainer" and it's going to crash is baloney. I've taught many students that went from totally new pilots to solo flight to learning aerobatics on their trainer to a 2nd plane and never crash their trainer. Many of those students have sold off their trainers or even handed them down to the next student that was learning, and the trainer hadn't been crashed. If you have a good instructor there is no reason to think that you're going to crash. The other thing that comes to mind is not striving to build the best that you can. To cop out and say that "it's just a trainer" so I don't need to do a good job. IMHO if you are going to build then you need to try and build the best plane that you possibly can, no matter what. Does that mean you will build it 100% perfect? Heck no, everybody has their own skill level. But there is no way at all that you will ever get any better at building if you don't strive to get to "the next level" of building. That's the only way that anybody will ever get better is by trying to build better.

From what I have seen both at my flying field and here on RCU I find that for the most part the opposite is true. Those that build their own plane are LESS likely to see their plane destroyed. Yes, less likely. With the investment of time in their plane it becomes their pride and joy and they will baby it all the time. I've seen this so many times that I can't count them anymore, pilots at the field with ARF's don't have the "attachment" to their planes and sometimes take foolish risks with their planes. And why not? If they crash they can have a new plane (ARF/RTF) back up in the air in just a couple of days. I've also noticed that when a pilot builds his first plane that plane usually winds up hanging from the ceiling someplace after it's not flying anymore. And before anybody asks, yes I still have my trainer. Almost 10 years in the hobby and somewhere around 600 flights, but I still have my trainer and it still gets flown every season.

I am sorry that I climbed up on my soapbox here, but it just drives me crazy to see a defeatist attitude being given out to new pilots. I'll get down from my soapbox now.

Ken