I just love this plane to death, I'm on my 3rd (no don't ask, it flys so well it makes me cocky. My current one I got about 6 months ago, and I believe it has World's new covering. I say this because it is a bit more grainy than the other versions I had. Seems a lot thinner and more prone to tears also. One "problem" I'm having with this new stuff is that it seems to absorb fuel and cause a stain. Started where the hinges were put in, around the horns, around the landing gear blocks and small pin holes caused by rocks etc. Now the staining has started in the top of the wing where there are no holes. I'm begining to get concerned about fuel causing the balsa to weaken. Has anyone else experienced this?

This might be because they are using their own covering ... ToughLon ...

I agree tIANci, it is their new covering. Very thin and not so fuel proof.

One of my favorite fly, fly, and fly some more planes. I sure don't want the covering to fail before I get in a couple hundred flights.

Brian

Yup, ghost, it is one of those planes you have to have in your hangar. Its my racing plane, the one I reach for when I want to practise stuff like slipping, when I'm not feeling like tearing up the skys, and when I want to do some full speed touch and goes etc. That's why this soak-lon towel passing for covering has got me ticked off!-)

Fly the heck out of it till it fails and hope it's spectacular. (their cheap)