I just started flying the Slo-V, (first time flying) and it worked great. I didn't get any training because I think a lot of videogames helped the eye/hand coordination. The first time I threw it up I veered into a tree. I realized my trim adjustment was all the way to the right.

The second time I had it in the air for a long time flying around. Well probably only a minute or so, but not too bad. I soon realized that the A mode was a little too weak, I could barely get the thing to turn around. So I switched to B and the response was great. A crash and then I was back up and flying for awhile again. Then a couple more crashes and things started to change, I am in a huge prarie type field with a lot of tall grass to catch the plane. It hasn't even hit the ground yet because the grass holds it up and stops it.

Anyway, now that you have a background, I have two problems. The carbon fiber fuse is cracked in the middle. It must of happened after a crash. But like I said none of my crashes have been that hard and I haven't been able to get the plane that high off the ground. Now when I turn in the air I can see the tail twisting all over the place. I assume because the fuse isn't solid. Anyway it brings me to my next problem. The rubber bands seem to be pulling the wing together. The back support thing doesn't stay in place and slides forward. Then the wing comes forward off the front support and the bands are bending the wing.

I believe this is making the plane extremely slow, and I mean slow, it will hardly pull itself through the air on a fully charged battery. Maybe too much lift? I saw a Slo-V at a fly in the other day and the guy was doing some cool stuff with it, so I know the thing will go faster. I am thinking of getting a small wooden dowel and cutting some grooves at each end to place between the braces to hold them evenly apart and take the pressure off the wing. I am just wondering if anyone else has had any similar problems.

Can the fuselage be glued? Or do I have to buy another one. Another thing, since this thing was so slow If I do go to the hobby store can I buy a Stryker body and move all of the components over to it? I guess I'd need a bigger motor.

I would say it's because I am a beginner that maybe it's me, but those first few flights I kept it in the air pretty well and it did good. Maybe I just got a bum fuse which is understandable, I don't know. Any help would be appreciated thanks.

I have reinspected the fuse and I think the thing was cracked to begin with. I just probably made it worse. It's cracked around the screws on the piece that holds the batteries and everything.

Yeah, I'm pretty sure the broken fuselage is probably the cause of ALL your problems. You can't reasonably expect a broken plane to perform like a whole plane. Fixing or replacing the fuselage stick is the best course of action at this point.

Until you can fly the Slo-V with confidence, I wouldn't even consider a Stryker if I were you. The Stryker is much heavier, much faster, and much more responsive. At this stage of the game I'm afraid all it'll do is crash faster and break quicker...

As far as fixing the stick, I am not familiar enough with the Slo-V to tell you what you can/should do. Maybe you can find a wooden dowel to shove down it to stiffen it up? That won't work if the pull cords for the tail flaps run inside the fuselage. Part of this hobby is being creative and finding creative, effective ways of repairing broken planes. Sometimes you need a new part, and that may be the case this time.

Replacement fuselages are available from: http://www.horizonhobby.com/Shop/ByB...ion=ASC&Page=3

In a crash situation, even in tall grass, the rapid deceleration causes the foam joining the wing halves to compress and weaken. The pressure from the rubber bands pulls the leading and trailing edges closer together increasing the height of the airfoil. Consider stiffining the wing center rib with balsa or something stiffer than foam.

If the crack in your fuse is not to bad there are a couple of fix'es for it[8D]. You can simply run some CA on it and hit it with acceleator. Dont get your finger on it or it will burn[X(]. I find graphite and CA seem very reactive together. If its pretty bad you can wrap some carbon fiber around it or some fiberglass and brush some thinned (with alcohol) epoxy over the repair. And if it's really bad get that replacement fuse. Good Luck

As for flying, do you have the wing slid all the way back?