Something about the hardware. I believe this is the "upgraded" hardware. The stuff I got looks much better than the stuff shown on the pictures in the instruction. Tail wheel assembly is a "leaf" type with springs (not glued to the rudder like the instruction shows). Also control horns are quite stronger (not the cheap plastic ones). However I decided to "upgrade" my hardware a little more.
1. Tail wheel assy. All looks very good. I like it very much except the leaf spring. I mean it is not a spring. It is soft aluminum bar very easy to bend. The wheel set and the horn is very good. So I bought Great Planes Scale Tail Gear Assembly (part no. GPMQ4245) and then I merged these two sets together. I used all parts from the plane but the aluminum bracket (leaf spring). Great Planes has excellent aircraft grade aluminum bracket (the rest is kind of "cheap"
) The only problem I had was that the wire used on GP is 3mm, Powerhobbies used 2.6mm. I made a small derlin bushing on my lathe, I pressed it inside GP hub and it works like a charm. And for sure looks much better. GB bracket is 4 gram heavier than PowerHobbies but it is superior strong. The best 4 grams added to the plane. On the picture below you can see the new "set" and all remaining parts: original PowerHobbies bracket and GB wheel - shaft assy.
2. Control horns are much better than shown in the instruction but quite heavy and not as strong as I'd like. It would be perfect if only they include tytanium screws instead of soft steel. Now is still not strong and it is heavy. I bought Sullivan metal Control Horns 1-1/8" (part no 557) thet are much stiffer and weight less. All PowerHobbies horns weight 32 grams, 6 Sullivan horns only 21 grams. So I saved total 11 grams. that balances added 4 grams in the tail wheel
3. Pushrods. Yes, supplied pushrods are definitly strong (see the picture). 4-40 metal clevises, steel pushrods are very good to carry the load. But for the holly heaven, they are HEAVY. 24 grams all 4 pushrods. I'm making CF ones with Du-Bro Safety Lock Kwik-Link on both ends. Half of that weight.
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