ORIGINAL: DrScoles
ORIGINAL: Square Nozzle
Do the jet community a favor and stick to helicopters!
Lovely comment, you have no idea about me or my ability as a pilot. I've been involved with r/c since I was ten, Futaba team pilot, been invited to compete at the XFC twice. I am not some hack who is going to go out and do something stupid. I'm old enough to have bypassed the reckless stage. There are people who enjoy building, I enjoy flying. I am intrigued by the aerobatics a vectored thrust jet can achieve, and look forward to learning 3D with a jet. What I do not look forward to, is spending $10K and having the wings fall off because of a missed glue joint. The poor construction might be suitable for flying circuits and a few rough landings, not sure about tumbles and spins.
I didn't post this to get opinions on whether or not I should be involved in the Jet hobby.
My point was to ask if the SM jets, particularly the Mig-29, should be inspected and reinforced due to the QC issues I have been reading about.
I would definately inspect anything you buy and look at the threads and see what you find. The main problem that I have seen form some of these manufacturers is that they dont really sand and clean the areas and that where the glue joint fails.