Originally Posted by
jester_s1
My apologies to the thread readers for chasing a rabbit, but when a guy posts pictures...
Hey Gray Beard, I had that same plane and did the same mod to it. Well worth the effort as mine only needed the smallest piece of lead to get balanced right. I don't know if you knew this though or not, but there is a weak spot in the fuselage at the LE of the horizontal stab. There is actually very little wood there, and that sharp corner acts as a stress riser. Since you have a hole there anyway, it would be smart to glue a piece of balsa in there with the grain running vertical to reinforce it. Many Ultra Stick .60s have cracked at that spot due to that flaw.
It was cracked there when I got it out of the box so it was a hard thing to miss. That was the first thing that got fixed but I went a bit more then most people with added wood. The wood is crap anyway. I then did all the wing repair, one side had 7 of 9 ribs broken but it wasn't shipping like everyone thought, not a ding in the box and I saw what the little Chinese people did to break the ribs. It was a problem all through the H-9 run.
Anyway, I have worked my magic and all is well in the ARF world.
I will maiden it, trim it out and sell it as a ready to fly minus my RX. I will buddy box it so a buyer can test fly it and look it over. I just installed the servos in the wing and did a finger CG, I think I got it but I will test it more before I mount the battery in place, it's moveable for different CGs.
Maybe All Models would like to make a trip to Vegas to buy a plane not needing any work or thought??? Even fly it first before any money hits my pocket.
Just a thought. No junk in it but not the top of the line servos, good servos but no digital, should be a nice plane for those that like ARFs. The Ultra Stick had a huge following here in all sizes. Receiver ready!!