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Old 07-24-2012 | 07:00 AM
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Sherv
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Default RE: I could not resist...

Well I received it after a month with no instructions or CG information. For 90 bucks you get a pre-covered plane, e-max motor (nice), some 30amp esc (waiting for my turnigy to replace it), servos, and all required hardware.

While I was building this plane I noticed the rudder is going to steer the plane and the rudder only had 2 CA hinges slotted and thought that would be insufficient so I added an extra CA hinge after I made a slot with an sharp hobby knife. The aileron has 5 hinges each side and it was already glued. I played with the ailerons for a while to make sure all were glued and noticed a few hinges were slightly loose so I added a touch of thin CA.
I used 30min epoxy to glue the wings.
I did not build this plane as cleanly as my e-flite. I blame lack of experience, no manual, and I was rushing to finish it. There are some bubbles in the covering but for the most part for the money I think it is excusable. It is only a step below my e-flite advance 25e in covering quality/finish. But the balsa and ply is clean and looks like it is built well.
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