Precision Aerobatics Extra 260 motor plate failure

I love my Extra 260, but I must admit I'm a bit disappointed. It doesn't make sense to me why the motor mounting plate must be made so weak in the apparent attempt to save a miniscule amount of weight. Just over 100 flights on it without any crashes and the motor box fails. I would understand it if I was doing tumbles or knife edge spins, but it's quite clear I was not pushing the airframe to anywhere near it's limits when it failed. To be fair, I was using a different motor than recommended, but still... it should be much stronger IMO.

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• precision
• aerobatics
• extra
• 260
• flying
• airplane
• remote control

[vonarndt111]

I have a katana md and was worried about strengh around the motor mount area...I did epoxy the teflon sheet behind the mounting plate...had you done the same?

[jdavis882]

Lol you held your composure fairly well. I would have freaked out.