ARF wing or stab failures
 

I’m astounded with the number of post in the ARF forum about wing or stab failures. It looks like it would behoove all of us that want/have an ARF or two in our air force to check the wing carefully during assembly and before every flight. Although the wings are usually pre covered it would be smart to dig around in the wing roots some before assembly to make sure you understand the structure. Check the wing bolt mounts in the fuse and the wing structure around them. Check the bolts, are they strong enough? If the wing is a tube mount, how strong is it.

I’ve also heard of ARF firewalls pulling out of airframes with the engine running, not fun if you are in front of it. No wonder there seem to be so many crashes now-a-days. If you have only assembled ARFs find an experienced builder to look over the structure for you? There a lot of G forces at work with these little aircraft.

RE: ARF wing or stab failures
 

I have built,flown and crashed MANY arf's,ALL the crashes I have had were the manufactures fault,there is NOWAY it could have been pilot error....heheheheheh. no really just kidding!
I have built Kyosho,Hanger 9,World Models,Segull,Hobbico,Thunder Tiger, ALL arfs, and not one time did any of the planes go in from a structural failure.
I don't know if people are not glueing properly,their flying techniques or what but like I said I never had a problem..YET.

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RE: ARF wing or stab failures
 

I’ve never had a problem either but look at the number of people that are posting info about failed wings, etc.

RE: ARF wing or stab failures
 

P-40, you had me going there for a minute... I was gonna say YEAH SURE... haha