raqmaninov wrote:
Hello All,Did you buy a kit or an ARF. I have helped a number of club members with both kit and ARF 2-m Spirits. The ARF has two major weak points. The balsa and aluminum wing joiner fails with very little force. Replace the wing joiner with a plywood one. The stabilizer is held on by some bolts to a wood plate on the bottom. The stabilizer comes loose quite easily. The solution is to just glue the stabilizer to the fuselage. I have seen numerous crashes of ARFs from these two types of failures.
This forum is great..... I'm learning all sorts just by reading!
After years of building my kids 'chuckies' and band powered gliders from balsa, I've taken the plunge and bought myself a GreatPlanes Spirit....(seems to be a good beginners choice)
If you build the kit, there are several things that you can do to improve the Spirit. These are described at:
http://www.charlesriverrc.org/articles/kitmods/dickwilliamson_gpspiritmods.htm
Regards,
Dick
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