Well, it appears that the landing gear plates are still an issue. I can assure those who have not yet done so the value of inserting the balsa blocks under the gear mounting plates. This is very good insurance against a turned out gear plate. It does NOT matter what your flying proficiency is, if you do not perform this simple fix, the gear WILL likely rotate out and you will have far more work than it would have taken to install the blocks.

Just a quick note to say that my list of modifications does NOT reflect short comings in the kit itself other than the gear plate block mod. I have been designing and manufacturing models for nearly 24 years and I convert a model to make it into what my expectations of it are.

The RB is a very good flying model and worth every penny of the $300 +/- fetching price, however, when a shortcoming is found by a large no of pilots operating the model, the mfr. should be responsive and correct this known condition. I trust that all comments to TT both in and out this tread are acted upon. I see some have gotten parts which is a good indication that TT understands this gear plate matter and will move to have it corrected.

Heck, the Pacific Models Gee Bee suffered from the EXACT same gear mounting problem and they resolved it, I'm sure TT can, will do the same.

It sounds like a better contact with TT has been made than I have had with Steve as his response on the Touch Up Paint issue was not resolved and remains and open item for ALL TTRB owners and needs resolution as the response from Steve was worthless. To suggest that EVERY RB owner go and get paint custom matched to touch up their model is ridiculous.

Putting all this Bovine Scatology aside, the RB is delight to fly and is a very honest airplane with a one of a kind appearance in the air. I have had 2 dead sticks over the past several weeks for various reasons and I can tell you that it has an excellent glide. Mine came in at 11.5# w/ no ballast at all.

Keep em moving forward, you will be glad you did.

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