As always with any ARF, check and re-check what the factory has done... you never know if the builder was having a bad day!

Anyway... I would advise a re-inforcement block of hard wood at the gear mount.

I'd also suggest installing a CF support "strut" to the bottom of the stab to the fuselage. It's cheap insurance and REALLY stiffens the tail plane.


For safety I tend to apply expoxy on any available joints, e.g. the firewall mount if reachable.

I expoxied the wing interplane strut mount tabs in place... a good idea IMHO... just put them all in and make sure that the circle for the screw hole is at the same height above the wing, then remove them, put in a bit of 30 min epoxy and re-insert.

I believe I used the holes first to leach CA into the underlying areas.

The rest is the pretty usual stuff.

Insert wood screws ( such as for the servos ) remove and CA to harden. Fuel proof where ever possible. etc.

My single complaint with this plane were the wheel pants. They are plastic instead of fiberglass. Many times I don't use wheel pants, but I prefer the look of the fiberglass ones. That said, plastic holds up better... sigh...

There is ample space for the engine.