Hello All
Just bought a Carl Goldberg "Eagle 2" ARF for a trainer for my brother-in-law. Any hints or tips on one of these. This is my first ARF, I have been building kits for a while. Power will be a Thunder Tiger .46 Pro. Thanks in advance for the help.

I think it's a pretty good trainer...I had one as my first plane... still have half the wing and the fuselage(a tree came out of nowhere, jumped up and grabbed it!)... the impact snapped the spar in one wing. I then moved on to an LT40 when my LHS couldn't get Goldberg stuff(still can't or won't). I built mine just like the manual says to...had an OSLA46 on it. It flew well, but then again I'm at sea level! If I could put it together as a first plane, you should have no trouble with your kit background!

PLEASE use actual plywood as a wing joiner and not the lite ply provided. If you can, also add some additional wood near the rear spar. You could also glass the joint. I say this because I had the wing on mine fold and totalled it. It was eventually replaced by Goldberg when I sent the centre section of the wing in to them. It is a weak area and should be reinforced. This was after only the usual bounces on training and no serious bumps or crashes.

Have to agree with the last statements. The ARF wing joint is just not as strong as it should be. Use good, slow epoxy and take extra precautions on wing joint. Mine snapped the light ply wood joiner in half on a pull up from a dive that was not that steep or fast.

Thanks fo the info.