Thanks for the warning. Both my PANIC ARFs have the same rubber band problem...

I was very lucky and had several bands snap when I was actually putting them on in the PANIC in the work shop. They looked the part, being wide and thick etc. but every one of them snapped when only stretched marginally .

A quick trip to Staples rewarded me with a nice big bag of much better ones for $1.60 before tax.

As I flew mine I could not help but think that it was an airplane that was way before its time. The expression 3-D had not been coined back in the 70's. If I remember rightly we were using them to do the thing called the triple-thrash. (Three loops, three roll, three spins and land in the shortest possible time.)

Back then the words "High-alpha" probably applied more to exam results than flying (BG). The end positions of the interplane struts are an early version of SFG'f if you like?

I can hover this Panic way better than my foamies. I only wish that I had known that I was supposed to develop that skill back then! (Even bigger grin!)

Regards,

Eric