Pacific Models Tiger Moth problems
Just started assembling this plane and already a couple of problems that would like to see if any one else has. The motor mount is 2 piece. They give you 4 rubber washers( 2 of them are thicker than the other 2) to put between firewall and mount to create offset thrust supposedly. No mention of this is in instructions. I e-mailed them and the reply was that the thinner washers go on the right side and the thick ones on the left. Correct me if I'm wrong but all this will do with a 2 pieace mount is stick one out farther than the other. The holes for the mount are drilled off center and thrust will have to be built in to make the cowl work right. Also they are drilled way too close together for my Enya 120 so they are going to have to changed anyway. All the flying wires and control cables are allready put together with metric hardware which cannot be replaced without replacing it all. Every thing that is drilled or cut is for some foreign manufactored product and my stuff won't fit. Landing gear is built but the front and rear wire like 1/2 in. fitting in the grooved gear blocks ans have to stretched to the limit to bolt them in so are already under a lot of stress before the first touchdown even. This is beautifully built plane but they carried the prefab a little too far or had some poor planning one. Hopfully once I get it all lined out it will be agreat flier. Just haven't read much about this plane on here. Anyone else had thease problems?