Originally Posted by
LShaver1
Thanks pshark101; I'm working on a Dave Snow wing for a Lightning and it uses a 7/8'' tube..... Just my luck. I keep looking at the site and they're still on sale for $229; hard to pass up if you don't mind alittle work.
You're welcome. The length is 495mm (~19.5"), just FYI.
Yeah, I think it's really a great deal. The big thing of course is beefing up the wing structure a bit, but it wasn't bad... actually kind of fun to do. As long as you've built a couple of kits before it won't be a problem. The rest of the wing is built really solid. All of the contruction, glue joints, and covering on the plane are really nice. Seems the canopy was even changed from the original kits, it's tinted now and the plastic has an adequate amount of thickness in my opinion. Lots of complaints about it being too thin on the early examples. The only other thing to change is the landing gear, pretty simple to do too. One other minor issue, I had to trim a bit off the top of the firewall so that the cowl would slip over, took a few minutes.