If you had bothered to read the post that this thread originally directed you to, you woud have seen that the engines used in the plane that had the catastrophic failures of the firewall were all within the displacements reccomended by the distributor. Why would anyone stand in support of a manufacturer or distributor of any product when it is widely known that these deficiencies are present, is beyond me. I suppose that you gentlemen (Mr. Campbell, Ram3500, JS615,LowlevlFlyer &all) that if you purchased a new motor vehicle, and because pretty much everyone knew that it had a problem, and your new car/truck exhibited that problem, you would not expect for the manufacturer to make it right. Yeah, Right. You would be at the point of sale, Screaming and demanding satisfaction. This is pretty much the same thing (IMHO) I have not ever asked for anything unreasonable in any post or any thread. All I have ever asked for is to get what was promised by the manufacturer/distributor (if you doubt this, go back and check the posts since you seem to know what I have been posting). To date, all I have received from H-9 is an e-mail restating what was written in the assembly manual. Nothing else. No offer to repair/replace the defective part. No apology, no nothing. Mr. Campbell, as to your statement about not being able to take on the company, you are wrong. If everyone who purchased a product from a company who sold products with known weaknesses were to set up a howl and refuse to buy other products from that company until the problems were corrected, it would not take long for that company to respond. If you look at all the posts and threads as they pertainto H-9 products, you will find the same problems have been reported for virtually every model. As to the gentleman suggesting that the moderator do something about this post for, "Insulting" the manufacturer/distributor, then please Moderator, by all means do something. The something shoud be to closely look at what has been said, or pointed out, and the ramifications if these products with the known defects are allowed to be assembled and flown. Gentlemen, not all who will purchase and fly these ARF's have the obvious experience and exrertise that you claim to have. What happens to the flyer who decides to build one of these models for his third airplane, and powers it with the reccomended engine, and is flying it when the firewall (due to it's thin construction) fails in flight? Suppose there are spectators present. Suppose the engine and what's left of the firewall breaks away from the model, and the collection of parts (without effective control) goes into the crowd of spectators? What then? Say it can't happen? Wanna bet?
I am aware that this forum is not public domain, It is owned by someone, and we register to be able to use it. It would be a shame to deny the rest of the members the right to know that there is a problem, and that there is something that can be done about it. The cost of the product should have no bearing on the usefulness of that product. Does it really matter if you are talking about a 250 dollar ARF or a 700 dollar one? That dog won't hunt. Just, please, think about what I have said and don't fly off the handle because I have as you seem to think, taken on one of the sacred cows.