theres no doubt E-Flite make a nice product, but to this day, every E-flite aircraft I have owned (and theres quite a few, including 2 mini-funtana's, Mini-pulse, Mini-edge, Cub 25 etc) have had major issues with coverings, each one has been wrinkled to the point of unrepair, my first mini-funtana was that bad I simply threw it away.

The E-Flite aircraft are by no means the cheapest arf electrics out there (im not a foamy fan so i wont start on them) and the flight charastics of their products are quite good, but the covering is almost as bad as some "world models" aircraft I have had.

Just today I maidened a E-Flite Cub 25, beautiful plane, flew nicely, but again the covering on the fuse has alot to be desired. There is actualy part of the fuse that has been "patched" on a seam from the factory, and try as I did, I could not get the wrinkles off the thing.

Is it just my run of bad luck with these models, or has anyone else had problems with the covering?

(I have alot of planes, probably too many, all ranging from Phoenix arf to Hanger 9 products and alot inbetween, so when I complain about covering, I know it sounds minor, but if a phoenix model or CmPro model can get it right, why cant E-flite)

hi isamike

don't throw them away,,,,,,,,,,,,throw them back at the supplier.
they don't lose out, they simply pass them on to the importer for credit so don't be shy at returning shoddy goods.

Yeah mate, I buy alot of planes, I mean alot, the thing being, where I live we only have one small hobby store, I have taken them back, and even opened boxes infront of him to show him defects and all he does is shake his head and places the plane back on the shelf. No hint of returning the product at all.

Out of curiosity were you unable to remove the wrinkles with a heat gun?

I have a couple of E-Flites that I had no problems removing the wrinkles on, with a heat gun and iron.

Yeah, in some I could remove them, but the Cub 25 wont budge, I have tried a gun and iron but no luck, you can see from the factory where they have actualy put 2 thin strips of patch on the fuse to try and mask their mistake, very disapointing.

Instead of tossing a perfectly good wood airframe out, why not just strip and recover it yourself if the dealer won't replace it?

Rick