Warped Foam Wing

May I suggest a test. Does it fly? If so, keep your speed up and the turns to a minimum and see what it does at a safe height. If it doesn't fly or flies intolerably then send it back. If it's a foamie then it will survive some testing, no prob.

Take the entire kit back to the store and get another one?

meaningful..

You can mold the foam to do whatever you want if you heat it CAREFULLY with a heat gun. Even a covering heat gun will melt the foam, so be careful.

I tried a blow dryer the other night. Not quite enough heat. I'm familiar with heat guns and agree with your thoughts that you'd need to be very careful using one near a foam model. I'm not that brave (yet)...

A couple thoughts....

This is a biplane where you have struts glued to the wings. If you get it jigged straight while the glue dries, the warp will be gone.

The wings flex on this foamie so much I doubt it'll really effect the flying much.

There are many modifications people are doing to the Moth. A good place to start is

For literally days worth of reading on the Moth, go to and search the discussion boards for the GWS Tigermoth. I recommend backing the struts with balsa, it makes the upper wing much more rigid. I've been flying mine for years now, one of my favorite reaxing planes....

PCPhill

Make that relaxing, there are other planes I'd be "axing", not to mention a few relatives....

PCPhill