I'm about ready to glue in the horizontal stab.... with the thin fuselage sides, there is nothing else the stab holds on to. What's up with that? How can the stab not break under aggressive flying? Are there any recommendations to beef this area?

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I thought that area looked a bit thin as well. But I think Great Planes has a history of good ARFs so I decided to trust it. I did take special conern to make certain I got glue on all the available space. I also used Gorrilla Glue because I wanted "expansion" in this area. Now that mine is glued it "feels" very solid.

I hope I not sorry for trusting Great Planes.

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Barry

I have flown my Great Planes cap 232 under a variety of conditions like full power positive and negative snaps, blenders, fast rolling maneuvers It has held up great!! no signs of fatigue and a snap roll is the most stress you can put on your tail section. Get that plane flying you will LOVE IT!!! Any more questions feel free to ask!!

Clayton Wheaton.

tail stab section has held up fine. I did use some epoxy through the elev. servo cut-out holes. I used a bamboo stick and dripped the epoxy in the corners where the stab meets the fuselage. let it harden then did the other side. its a tuff plane. weakest part I've found is the tail wheel. which I have replaced. I ran out of fuel in a hover a few weeks back. plane was about 30' off the ground when it happened. probably the worst height possible. enough speed to smack the ground hard and not enough speed to get it flying to pull out. it ended up hitting between the landing gear, and the prop. right around the muffler section and actually bounced. I thought it was going to be real bad. It tore the monocote down 1 side and cracked the paint on the cowl and smushed the tail wheel but that was it. not one piece of wood was damaged. I have the 160 in mine. I'm sure a heavier engine would have done more damage.