Last week I received my Twist 40. I put a new OS FL 70 4S in it and a 13x6 prop. Sunday I did the maiden flight. Everything went fine, I love this plane. Unfortunately the elevator control surfaces have a small offset (very small, but still visible). I had to trim the aileron way to the right. Interestingly, in order to trim it out to fly hands off, the ailerons have more difference than the small offset that I have on the elevators. Strange. But I'm not a high precision 3D flyer anyway, so I guess it's fine. :-) Landing is awesome. Really slow and much easier to land than my NexSTAR trainer! During my 2nd flight (same day) I did some very mild aerobatics (I'm fairly new to this hobby, so no 3D for me for now! :-) ) and 2 smooth touch and go's, followed by a very smooth landing.

However, on the 3rd flight it happened: Right after takeoff (I haven't even started my right turn yet), the friggin' wing separated from the fuselage!!!! The wing soared slowly down to the grass and the fuselage came down, too, but not so slowly. Huge crater. Fuselage snapped into 2 pieces, right around the leading edge of the wing. After inspection I saw that the nylon bolt broke, because the tip of the bolt was still in the blind nut. I didn't fasten the bolt too much. It wasn't that cold out either, about 42 Fahrenheit.

Hangar9 wasn't responsive at all. I sent them a message through their customer support Sunday night, and I still haven't heard from them (other than the confirmation email). But in the meantime, I fixed the fuse (braced it with plywood and put lots of Epoxy in place :-) ) and it will be ready to fly this weekend.