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