Yep, definately don't want to gang up on Dave - your info here on this subject, and all for that matter, is invaluable so please don't take it as anything more than disappointment that on something SO GOOD, there are a tiny few things that are SO POOR. I'm definitely not trying to make a top gun scale Hawk as just like my Flash and Bobkitty, this baby is gonna be flown - a lot, but damn, can we not get the cutouts or plywood mounts or whatever in the right place? I mean, this layup is masterful - built so well, with so much integrity and then there are things like the flap horn in the wrong place and the rudder servo cut out not there, gear issue, etc etc. I looked very seriously at the Skymaster but wanted the CARF after comparing them side by side at Kentucky - I just really like CARF stuff and how the fuse feels more rigid, etc.

The factory is not making the changes you are recommending or even attempting to in my opinion. I was told my 2010 Display Scheme was "made to order" and at the time of deposit was just a bucket of resin in late July. The QC date seems to confirm this as it was 10/13/2013 and then i received it approx 3 weeks later. Flap issue = still there, Gear issue = still there, sounds worse even, Rudder cut out, not there. All of this not as advertised.

Don't get me wrong, happy with the model and the service from Andy Kane is/was top notch, info from Dave the same but man....... I really do expect to be able to mount the gear without grinding into the wing skin so much that I have to make a hatch. I know they just kind of make these when people want them now - it seems like they just sorta gave up on it after the skymaster came out? Dunno... It seems like a popular model - enough to get this stuff right anyway.