| Quote: Originally Posted by joebob2 | | | | |
| Did a little more inspection the other day and aside from the aforementioned problems, the rest of the plane looks OK. The LG plate needs a lot more glue and the wing tube needs deburring on each end, but the fit of the wing to fuse and the stab to fuse is pretty good. May need a slight sanding to get the angle right on the stab, but nothing major. The hardware is another story. You get wheel collars that are supposed to fit over a 4mm bolt, but the hole in the collar is no more than 1mm. Horns seems a little flexible to me, too. And the landing gear is made from bar solder or something. It has to be the softest metal I've ever seen. Definitely will not hold up under anything more than a greased landing. Wheel pants are some sort of molded plastic. Those will go in the trash.
As for the covering, it does look pretty good, but some edged are a little ragged.
It will probably be a little while before I get it flying. Finishing up my EF 74" Yak now, then need to save for my 25th anniversary next month. | |
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Pretty much sums up what I've found so far with mine. I've started the build on mine already and I'm not very impressed with the craftsmenship.. but what the hey... it was only $124 and change... I'm a lil leary of the wing tube also.. To me it looks like electrical conduit that has been plated.. We'll keep an eye on this to see how it holds up. I'm stiffening up the horizontal stab even though they *say* they have strengthened this area in the new versions. The landing gear block will likewise get more structural stiffening.
If it flies good and lasts more than a couple flights (lol?), I'll be happy...