My son recently received the apprentice for a birthday gift. he flew it 3 different days and was a pro at it. He had a week of flight school last summer. His mistake was to let me dear old dad try. Take off was great and a couple minutes of flight followed by a horrible crash, I lost too much altitude and he couldnt take over in time. I ordered all the parts. (over $100) and want to know after repairs and glueing the fusalage and wing together will it still fly? also what do you use to hold the servos in the wing? 2- what do you use to hold the servos in the body? 3- is there anything to use to reinforce the fusalage and wing? As you can see I am new at this as am quite distraught at todays events.

While I am unfamiliar with this paricular aircraft and I'm sure someone will chime in with your repair concerns, I will adress your other concern. The fact you are doing this with your son is wonderful. get the plane fixed and keep it up. It will be a memory he will cherish for a lifetime and dues paid by you that will come back 100 fold. These model planes... all of them will crash. More so when you are new at the game and a little less as you go. If you and your son are not members of a local club, concider joining one as there are many people who will give you face to face help and happily do so. The rewards of becoming a member typically make the nominal fee for membership unimportant.

With that said, I downloaded the manual for the E-Flight Apprentice and see that it is a foam construction aircraft. Most if those planse use a silicone gel like material to keep the servos in place. this is the same as the clear RTV gasket sealer you can get at your local auto parts store. If the existing servos look like they are held in by a rubbery material then go to your local auto parts store and ask for clear RTV gasket sealer and get that kid flying again... and yourself too. Welcome to RCU.

I flew mine after a lot of different repairs & it always flew well.

By the end of its useful life the rear of the fuselage was held to the front by three flat pieces of carbon fiber epoxyed, one to each side & the bottom, the non-Eflite replacement motor was mounted using a cut up piece of sheet metal with some long bolts.

It is very rugged, very easy to fix & very easy to fly making it an excellent first plane.

When I improved after a number of months rather then replace major parts which were getting long in the tooth I moved to a balsa SIG Senorita as my high wing trainer. Except for the servos the electronics were all transferable.

can you tell me what replacement motor you used and did you have to modify anything to attach it to the firewall. Also where do you get the carbon fiber to expoxy to repair the fusalage. thanks for your help and encouragement.

i would use either white elemers all glue for the wing/fuse (asumbing they are foam) or expoy (walmart/homedepot/lows/towerhobbies/ect)
even though it may not look great it will fly again.
another tip is if you have some "chunks" taken out of the wing/fuse that are to small to glue take some foam from another source (insulation/packing/ect), then cut a square out of the airplane and replace it with a square from another source. then sand it to look smooth again. (your cutting the messed up portion out, replacing it with a peice that is to big and sanding it into place)
sorry if im not explaining this very well


http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/m_8844765/tm.htm

thats a good link about someone who destroyed a foam airplane and repaired it, the method above is shown (pics included)

I just put a Turnigy 36 48 in mine... LIke stock on 3S. Very spirited on 4S. But the cowl wouldn't fit...

And with the extra weight combined with the stress of higher speed maneuvers, Ifolded the wing during flight.....

It didn't fold in the center, it got too stressed where the spar/tube goes through the wing and ends near the aileron servo.

I'll have to see about reinforcing that.