Razzle 3D
The Razzle is my first arf. I have followed this thread for a while, and have read the posts about poor construction and grade of wood. I thought that people were just being picky, but it looks like the hit the nail on the head. I have never seen wood as bad as what is in the empennage of this plane. The lack of glue shocked me, joints broken or breaking with the slightest touch. The shear web grain is running span wise, it may as well not even be in there. Replacing it would be easier if they left it out. I removed the covering from every part to allow me access to re-glue everything. I reinforced all of the tail feathers with carbon fiber. Replaced the shear webbing in the wing. The wing appears to be built pretty good except for the web thing. Finally I hinged all of the control surface with monokote hinges. I find it strange that a company would go to the lengths to produce very nice mitered wood joints and then not use enough glue to hold it together. Hopefully it fly’s nice. Here are some pic of the mods I made. Are all ARFs this way? Just my .02