Ok, I knew this was coming, but I have actually read about other peeled LA`s in this forum, I`m not saying that all do it, but OS is the only brand using nickel who has issues.
My friends LA 40 was peeled badly all around and up and down in the sleeve, it looked like most of the nickel had just loosened and fallen off. It was certainly not from one piece of foreign objekt or sand as we only fly off grass and no other engine has had this happening. I do not only fiddle with cheap chinese engines, I also fiddle with my OS, YS, MVVS, Sirio and Rossi engines


Oh and let me add to that that NOTHING is really cheap in Norway, I payed equal to 416$ when I bought my Magnum 91 Fs some years ago here in Norway.