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Old 07-28-2009 | 01:50 PM
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Default Sig Kadet Sr ARF Wing Failure!!!!!

Hey everyone with a Kadet Sr ARF. Check your glue joints on the wings!! This last Saturday my son and I were on the second flight, after the maiden and trimming out the buddy box, when on the third lap around the oval course at half throttle, the right wing shattered and folded!! The left wing then ripped of, and the fuselage and our new Super Tigre .45 came screaming in from 300' up. There had been no aerbatics, or high speed pull up etc. Just simple teaching pattern basics to my son like the simulator.
Upon examination, the spar area that builds the wing joiner box was almost devoid of glue. I have called Sig, and sent in photo's, so hopefully it will be replaced. Talking to bob Nelson at Sig, he stated that they have had a few cases of this. My advice is to strip the covering and re-glue your joints, or rough up the joiner, and make it a one piece wing with epoxy. Poor ol Super Tigre didn't fair well, and a couple stripped servos later, take it from me, and fix your plane.
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