Please don't take my story as any indication that there is a problem with any Hangar 9 planes.

If you read the other post I made a few minutes ago, you'll see that I've flown dozens of these airplanes. With lots of experience (If I had to guess, I'd say that I've flown around 50 different Hangar 9 trainers of various models), I can tell you that they are fine flyers. Also, the plane I was talking about was an Easy 2, not an Xtra Easy. The Easy 2 was a precursor to the Xtra Easy and differs in some important ways. Most significantly, the Easy 2 does not include the engine and radio.

From the standpoint of airframe, I would recommend any of the Hangar 9 trainers without hesitation. I think that the weakest part of the Xtra Easy is the MDS engine, which is not involved in either of our incidents. To Hangar 9's credit, the new Evolution engine that they are putting in the Alpha and Xtra Easy 2 trainers is vastly superior to the MDS in terms of ease-of-use for beginners.

Finally, I'd just like to say that I did read your whole original post. Your issues with the delay are definitely valid. But with only half of the story, I don't want to rush to judgement. Based on my experience with Hangar 9 and Horizon Hobby, I don't believe for a second that there was any malice on their side. There was some reason it took a while to get your plane replaced, but we don't know what that reason was. As for making your instructor feel stupid, you never said that in your original post (and in any case, I've personally never spoken with Hangar 9 support; my student did). My comment in my first reply is that I thought Hangar 9 was completely fair in replacing your airframe, and it's not reasonable for them to replace a radio that they had tested and found to be functioning correctly.

Thanks,
-Wade