RE: Flyzone Select Scale Super Cub
Anyway, the plane is built and looks OK from a small distance but if you look at it close, all the areas that had to be fixed come to light...
As I unpacked it and started building it, found that the wing´s leading edge was opened at the seam - had to glue it with CA and reinforced it with packing (transparent) tape... the elevator is not flat as it should be and haven´t been able to get it straight without breaking it... it is not terribly bad but I imagine it will affect its flight characteristics some... when installing the elevator, the wire wouldn´t work well as the installed tube was too close to the side instead of the center of the fuselage as it should have been... Had to cut a piece of the side of the fuse in order to get it to function (changing the tube would have been major surgery). One of the control wires (pushrods) was missing from the kit. The space for the receiver (micro) is very tight and opted to install it in the cabin as this would make more room for a battery in the battery compartment which is also very tight (I guess they made it this way so that Hobbico batteries are used). The cowl was totally crooked and really don´t know how they installed it as the motor shaft and the prop adapter wouldn´t fit it. Had to carve the hole in order to get it off... also, the little rubber spinner I think will last for the photo session as it will fly away as the engine is turned on... no way to hold it in place and glue is out of the question since if you have to change props, you´ll be in trouble if you glue it.
Anyway, I´m kind of disappointed with the kit´s quality as I compare it with other manufacturers of RTF or PNF models...
Other issues: The way the pushrods are, you´d better pray that when you build it things turn out fairly well as there is no way to conveniently adjust them once the model is built. There are no clevises to turn and the wires are so soft that bent when the servo screws were tightened... getting to the servos, due to the many screws holding the landing gear, wing struts (which are the best part of the kit) and wing is something you may not want to do at the field if required. Would have been a lot better to provide a hatch at the bottom of the fuse to have easy access to things.
I´m hoping that the plane will fly well and that the trims in the transmitter are enough to correct any problems as I don´t plan to take it apart again. Well, here are my five cents regarding this plane... hope it helps someone.