One more thing, about the wing cradle problem.
It was readily evident that the whole wing storage system (i.e. supplied transportation cradles) was not stable, as also reported here in the past. However, I think this is not so much a design fault of the cradle system provided, but a small ommission from H9's side.


Basically, I noticed that if the wing struts were not done-up super tight, the 2 wings would easily move to release the tension of the rigging. This would then naturally force the wing roots to slip-out under the rubber bands of the transportation cradles, making the whole assembly "collapse". If the cabanes were tightened-up firmly, the problem was found to be much less.


It was then a matter of 1/2 hour and <$10 to solve the problem whilst still keeping the beautiful original cradles. The solution is to rig the struts themselves as well! This way, the wing relation/distance is "locked in" without undue stress on the strut bolts. It costs "nothing" (8 x 2-56 clevises, closed loop adapters, crimps and some wire) and it's more scale as well! Wonder why H9 skimped on this simple thing on a $800 aiplane. Highly recommended!


One final little trick is to position the profiled seats of the cradle right between the rigging self-tapper and the brass fitting, so that all the pressure of the rubber bands is concentrated off the sheeting (leaves no marks on the balsa) PLUS it locks-in the cradles sideways (i.e. the cannot slip out). See pics.