Composite-ARF Impact question

[bdbd at bellsouth.net]

Has anyone read the quality disclaimer in the Impact instruction manual. It can be downloaded off their site. I was shocked to say the least especially at the price of the ARF.

Dan
> 
> From: Rcmaster199 at aol.com
> Date: 2005/02/02 Wed AM 11:44:40 EST
> To: discussion at nsrca.org
> Subject: Re: Composite-ARF Impact question
> 
>  
> Mark there are several threads that have quite a following on RCU about  
> another pitfall of the IMPACT. The egg shell fuselage, unsupported, is prone to  
> compression buckles and broken tails. I have written quite a bit on this  
> subject, allerting all who will listen.
>  
> The fix is fairly simple at the factory but much more difficult in the  
> finished part that you get in the kit. 
>  
> Yes, CARF did a reat job reducing the price of a nice looking airplane, but  
> the quality has suffered, in my opinion
>  
> MattK
>  
> In a message dated 2/2/2005 8:51:26 AM Eastern Standard Time,  
> edbon85 at charter.net writes:
> 
> The  American kit manufacturers haven't learned the secret. The more one pays 
>  
> for an item, the harder one will defend it and overlook it's deficiencies.  
> We had an abundance of American cottage industry kits manufacturers AND  
> designers, we drove them out of business with the plane of the week  
> mentality.
> Ed M.
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Mark Hunt"  <flyintexan at houston.rr.com>
> To: <discussion at nsrca.org>
> Sent:  Wednesday, February 02, 2005 8:05 AM
> Subject: Re: Composite-ARF Impact  question
> 
> 
> > I'm gonna say it.....just can't hold back.....if an  Aires fuse was like 
> > this we'd be hearing all about how hard it is to  find a quality pattern 
> > kit in the US.  Drives me nuts that so  many people have been fixing this 
> > without so much as one bad word  about this company.....
> >
> >
> > there...I feel  better.
> 
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