PHP Warranties & Guarantees

R/C models, Warbirds, aerobatic planes and (UAV) Unmanned Aerial Vehicles to name a few are not toys!  If misused, it can cause serious bodily harm and property damage.  Fly only in open areas, and AMA (Academy of Model Aeronautics) approved flying sites.

We guarantee each kit to be free from defects in both material and workmanship at the date of purchase.  This warranty does not cover any component assembled by the customer.  All parts of high stress must be inspected and reinforced if necessary by a competent builder. High stress areas such as firewalls, motor boxes, wing mounts, landing gear mounts, etc., are areas of high concern.  Seek help if necessary.  In any case PHP is not liable for the cost of any product it offers which is not manufactured by PHP.  The liability to the manufacturer cannot exceed the original cost of the purchased item.  Further, PHP reserves the right to change or modify this warranty without notice.  In that PHP has no control over the final assembly or materials used for final assembly, no liability shall be assumed nor accepted for any damage resulting from the use by the user of the final user-assembled product.  By the act of using the user assembled product, the user accepts all resulting liability. All kit manufacturers and PHP have provided you with a top quality, thoroughly tested kit, but ultimately the quality and fly ability of your finished model depends on how you build it; therefore, we cannot in any way guarantee the performance of your completed model, and no representations are expressed or implied as to the performance or safety of your completed model.  It is the user's responsibility to inspect each component for worthiness.

WARNING - Gasoline R/C model aircraft are not manufactured to withstand unlimited G's. Any R/C model aircraft can fail, be it a wing folding up or a fuselage breaking in half under too high of a load. Just as any full size aircraft, model R/C aircraft have a maximum G rating.  Because you are not in the plane flying it and experiencing the G's and reading the G-meter, it is more difficult to judge the G's on the aircraft, and it is very easy to exceed the limits of the aircraft.  Understand that if you perform a snap roll, parachute, wall, blender, knife edge loop, or pull hard on the elevator at almost any speed, you can be putting in excess of 15 G's, even in excess of 30 G's, and most aircraft can only designed to take 10-12 G's.  If you perform any violent maneuver, you can break your plane.  When we perform hard maneuvers, especially for the first time on an airframe, we are prepared for a failure and are prepared for it as best we can be.

This mainly includes performing the maneuver far enough away from spectators that in event of a failure that we are not endangering others.  It is common practice for all manufacturers to not replace an airframe which breaks in the air or upon landing. We like other manufacturers only replace airframes when we’ve received many of the same failures and have determined that there was a design or manufacturing error. If you break an airframe, and you are the only one to do so, then it is probably not the fault of the manufacturer. Please fly safely, and avoid full throttle, high “G” maneuvers.