The exact same thing happened to my Mantis. Fix was to re-glue and put
two small nylon wire tie fasteners through the v-tail and carbon tube.
Worked until the Mantis met an untimely death not related to the
structural integrity. Morris McKenna
John Leigh wrote:
>
> Do it like Phil says in the instructions. Make sure you get a good bond with the
>tail surfaces, it's a highly-stressed area - about
> a month ago I noticed that the tail on my Mantis was rotating about 30 degrees each
>side on launch, as I applied corrections. Uh,
> that doesn't look right. Turned out that the glass cloth was starting to delam fron
>the stabilizer surface on one side. Don't
> worry too much about weight - you can just make the nose longer ...
>
> - John Leigh
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> > Hi all,
> > (Snip)
> > I would like to hear some suggestions on the best method to permanently attach
> > the tails. I.e. Type of adhesive etc. keeping weight in mind. I sure don't want
> > my new Mantis becoming tailless.
> > Any help would be greatly appreciated as usually.
> >
> > Gordon.
> >
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