I just bought this airplane, and it was already build, I find it so difficult to take apart the wings from the fuse for transportation. Is it possible that GP made this incredible plane almost no good to get it in a car. Each time you have to take all the wiring and joints out, that means that the balsa where the secures go will last 10 trips to the airfield. Is there some solution to that? Or is it just me that don't know how to disassemble it.
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First, let me say that I agree...it not only is one of the most fun planes to fly, it is a pain in the ass to tack apart. I have the good luck of having a mini van that is big enough to fit it in without taking it apart. But i have put snap swivels( from my fishing tackle box) on the flying wires and it saves some time. But there is just no way to keep the entire process simple. Except to flip it upside down on the top of your car and drive slow. Sucks? yes?

Years ago I built a Phaeton 90 (same size)and had the same sort of problem. I ended up puttting sneakers on the roof of the car to act as chocks, put somthing to keep the plane level and tied/bungeed it down.

I dont know about the GP but the aluminum spars on the Rascal have withstood multiple assemblies and several strikes and the wood at the center has not failed. Id harden it with ca.

I own this plane also and the best way I have found to make it transportable is this. I remove the prop and landing gear, then I remove the screws that hold the wing struts to the fuselage (4 screws) and then remove the two nylon bolts holding the wing in the saddle. Then the wings can be slid back and then off the front of the plane leaving them still attached to each other and the flying wires still connected. So you end up with the fuse by its self, two wings still attached to each other, landing gear, and prop. When I get to the field I slide the wings back on and slip them into the wing saddle, install the 2 nylon bolts in the wing and four screws in the struts. Put on the prop and landing gear and go fly.
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