Wednesday 30 December 2015

Firstar 2000 V2. Quality Issues.

...a rather disappointing introduction to Volantex

I recently purchased a Firstar 2000 V2, my first Volantex product, and am sad to say that I was very disappointed in the quality, the EPO in particular.

I've previously had several Lanyu products (Phoenix 2000, Trainstar and Phoenix 1600) which have all been very good quality.



The Firstar has several issues:

Ailerons Warped - extreme warping. I had to add carbon fibre strip to try and straighten! They are now better but still not completely straight.

Wing Bases Warped - curve where the wing halves join together. I have to force the wings together try and get the mounting screws in.

Protruding Wing Reinforcement - aluminium tube protruding so the wing could not be joined. I had to cut this off with an angle grinder (my new plane!!)

Dented Wing - minor blemish but another sign of poor Volantex quality.

When contacted for comment regarding the poor quality, Volantex advised that "...weather of humidity and temperature will affect the plane deformation, also transportation will have influence."

I get the feeling they don't really care...

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