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Old 09-20-2005 | 11:03 PM
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Kirk RC
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Default RE: Skyshark Christen Eagle

Rick,
I'm building one now and will maiden it this weekend. By way of background I have been flying 20+ years and must of built a few dozen planes including a Bip or two, this is my 4 ARF. Most of what I build and fly are WWII 1/7-1/5 scale Here's how I see it.
Pros-
Very nicely built and packaged
Very nice finish but In Oracoat which is difficult to find and a pain IMO vs Monocoat
Looks not like all the other ARFs you see
Light for it's size
Cons-
You need to have built a few planes as the instructions are designed for an intermediate +knowledge, as example if you have a difficult time with say GP ARF's this would be a big challenge
The packages of nuts and bolt in my kit was a mess and contained both std and metric, missing stuff etc
The wheels provided are way to heavy and wide plus a pain to stuff in the wheel pants tighten the collars etc
The metal tabs that anchor the struts to the wings had holes to small for the hold down bolts, drilling out the holes after I had bolted them to the strut was a very big pain!!!
No hard point in the ailerons, elev, rudder just balsa, this requires you to bolt through the entire surface into a hold down plate looks like crap plus takes more time
I thought the fire wall and sides were to thin and beefed mine up plus added angle stock inside the forward fuse, keep in mind I'm using a ZDZ 40 so you may not need to do this
No incidence percents for wings are given, I will call Skyshark for degree and check before I test fly
Im concerned that the elevators will flex as they appear to need some spruce to strenthen them, I would suggest another hinge inboard and seal the hinge gaps as well.

Net Net nice plane at a good price but I feel it could of been better with alittle more attention to detail. The folks at Skyshark are great to work with and stand behind the product 100%.
Will let you know how it flys.
Kirk RC