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Old 12-06-2010 | 10:21 AM
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Default RE: TF P-47 kit


ORIGINAL: Terry Bolin
I was mostly testing the waters for people who found problems with the kit of finished plane... Thanks for everyone's help...
POST pictures if you have any! TERRY

The wing was some of the best die cutting best fitting parts I've seen in a kit. A joy to build. The fuse die cutting was ok, not great, lots of fitting to get it together well. Other than that it's a very good kit. If you have hard balsa for sheeting the fuse like my kit did, replace it with something softer and lighter. There are lots of compound curves that are difficult if the balsa doesn't bend easily.

If you put retracts in you may want to consider changing the recommended mounting, it places the landing gear too far back and can cause nose over problems. There is a thread on rcscalebuilder, I think it's by someone named "Connery" that has pictures of a better and more scale way to mount the gear that puts the wheels well ahead of the leading edge when deployed.