HEY GUYS LET'S GET REAL. IF YOU BUILT THIS MODEL FROM A KIT THE COST WOULD EASILY DOUBLE, IT YOU DON'T COUNT THE COST OF YOUR TIME....

AS FOR THE FIREWALL, I WILL LAMINATE MINE WITH 1/8" AIRCRAFT PLYWOOD AND REPLACE ALL HOT GLUE WITH 30 MINUTE EPOXY AND TRIANGLE STOCK. THAT SHOULD DO IT.

UNDERWRITER'S LAB WOULD HAVE A FIELD DAY AT MICROSOFT OR ANY NUMBER OF AMERICAN COMPANIES THAT KNOWINGLY PUT OUT PRODUCTS WITH KNOWN PROBLEMS.

I HAVE A WORLD MODELS CLIPPED WING CUB (I LUV THAT PLANE) WITH THE SAME PUSH ROD ARRANGEMENT AS THE HELL CAT AND HAVE NOT HAD ANY PROBLEMS.

H9, GREAT PLANES, WORLD MODELS, YOU NAME THE COMPANY, THEY ARE ALL BASICALLY THE SAME. WITH AS MANY NEW FOLKS GETTING INTO THE HOBBY AS THEIR ARE, THEY WILL NEVER RUN OUT OF CUSTOMERS. THAT'S WHY THE H9 HELLCAT IS ALREADY BACKORDERED.