First of all, he stated above that he was new into this hobby, so lets give him a break. He's learning!

You guys are 100% correct. He paid for a complete bird, pre hinged & all. He should not have to re-glue Etc etc etc.

But.......I'll say it again............Pin the hinges! I just finished a Modeltech Magic 3D V2 & the hinges in the ail's........rudder.........& elevator come all glued in place. The first thing I did was to pin & re-glue all control surfaces!

Did I have to? NOPE! Should I have to? NOPE! Did I feel better after I did? YUP! Maybe that's why in my 29 years of crazy nutcase flying & training new club members, I have never lost a control surface.

I did the same thing to my Escapade & I fly the snot out of it. I have a 55 AX on it. No control issues on them or any other of my "way too many planes." (wife's words)

More than once I have had flutter in a steep-way too fast high speed dive & my bird lived to tell about it. I think I know why it came home to Papa in one piece.

I am not trying to impress anyone, just making a statement & again you are right in stating that you shouldn't have to pin or re-glue anything, but my Escapade don't look like the one in one of the above pics either!

If you get 10 flyers at the same field with the posters issue & questions, or anything else, you will get 10 different opinions, so I won't rattle on anymore & try to enforce MY opinion on anybody & will close with the following....................

A wise old Indian Chief (can't remember just who it was, sorry) once said that an once of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

Hmmm................Maybe that statement just might fit here...............

Tcat1000