I got my Sukhoi delivered on Thursday, started it thursday night, and had it finished on Sunday night (well, Monday morning
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I must say, the build quality is EXCELLENT. The covering was beautiful.....it looked like Ultracote to me. The build quality will stand up to the best ARFS I own. I checked my hinges, as mentioned, and they were glued securely (I could see bits of glue on the hinges) Also, all of the wood on mine seemed excellent, I didn't see any soft spots as previously mentioned.
I haven't had a chance to fly it yet (either tomorrow or Friday I will). I don't have a scale, but it definitely feels lighter than the 6 lb. advertised weight. My balanced nicely with no additional weight needed. The instruction manual was good too.
I think these ARF's may have been improved over the previous generations of Phoenix planes.