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WTF · 02-03-2006, 01:47 PM

I am in the process of assembling a 30% Yak from Aviation Models. So far this thing doesn't meet my expectations. The fit of the rudder and elevators isn't too great. I was tempted to remove the covering and sand to get a better fit but then there is the problem of matching up the covering colors. The covering on the rudder doesn't line up with the fuse unless you want a 1/4 inch gap at the top. If you have the correct gap at the top then it is below the bottom of the fuselage. The fuselage had a plywood piece broke out and they filled it in with a piece of balsa. The front of the turtledeck has a piece of the ply missing and it was covered over. The plywood that it is made out of splits apart very easy. Some of the hardware barely has any threads cut into it. The aluminum dowels are bent in the stabilizers. Maybe I am expecting too much but I thought for the money it would be as good or better than the ARFs I have had from H9 and Great Planes.

Did I just get a bad one or is this what everyone is seeing?

02-03-2006, 01:47 PM	#1
WTF What? Transmitter Frequency? Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 75	30% Aviation Models quality I am in the process of assembling a 30% Yak from Aviation Models. So far this thing doesn't meet my expectations. The fit of the rudder and elevators isn't too great. I was tempted to remove the covering and sand to get a better fit but then there is the problem of matching up the covering colors. The covering on the rudder doesn't line up with the fuse unless you want a 1/4 inch gap at the top. If you have the correct gap at the top then it is below the bottom of the fuselage. The fuselage had a plywood piece broke out and they filled it in with a piece of balsa. The front of the turtledeck has a piece of the ply missing and it was covered over. The plywood that it is made out of splits apart very easy. Some of the hardware barely has any threads cut into it. The aluminum dowels are bent in the stabilizers. Maybe I am expecting too much but I thought for the money it would be as good or better than the ARFs I have had from H9 and Great Planes. Did I just get a bad one or is this what everyone is seeing?