smurfjet
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Joined: 8/22/2002
From: Plymouth,
MN, USA
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I can give my impression of their Seafury ARF now that I have one....There was a few delay's on the shipping and I am still awaiting my landing gear, but the wait was worth it. I don't know of any other seafury ARF's on the market so I decided to give it a try. I am familiar with fiberglass fuse's and foam core wings, mostly Yellow Aircraft products, and this is of similiar makeup. Only on a smaller and much cheaper level. The glass work was suprising to me. It is actually done very nicely. The only problem I saw was the seam on the top of the fuse. If you are a perfectionist, you will have to sand down, fill and repaint. For most people building an arf, this is out of the question....that is why they bought an ARF to start with. Quick assembly and get out and fly. I on the other hand just had to repaint the plane as the classic dark sea grey upper and RAF sky type S camo. The instructions are "from china" so to speak, and some of the translation is lost or not there at all. For example, where to install the flap servo...there is a picture of it in the wing, but it is such a closeup photo, you can't tell where it goes. If you have built any ARF's in the past you will not have any trouble with it though. The servo tray's are preinstalled, and will need a little beefing up. I just ran some CA to lock up the wood and then added a little triangle stock behind the trays. I also beefed up the firewall as I am going to use a 1.6 gasser out front. I use Methacrolite glue and run a thick fillet around the firewall. While I had the glue out, I also made a fillet on the formers that were preinstalled. All of this is not necessary as the glue joints were there, it is just a piece of mind for me. The hardware is typical for an ARF. I am sure it would work just fine, however, I plan to replace in my plane. Hopefully I will be able to get it set up and fly in a week or two. For the money though, I would say it comes out of the box as a nice kit, and with a little added detail, if you so choose, can be a very nice looking plane. I'll try to post a pic tomorrow.
Dave
Minneapolis
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