ORIGINAL: BasinBum
Nice cover job Tony. You'll find with the skills you gained from building this model and because of the detailed instructions you'll be able to build just about anything else out there.
Thanks for the kind words. I found myself improving throughout the build process. The right wing (2nd one) came out better than the first on both the glueing & the covering because of the experience i gained on the first. I can't wait for the next kit.
The tailwheel upgrade is a must as the stock one doesn't hold up. What control rods did you use because the stock ones are very suseptable to temperature change and retriming all day is a pain. I also see you stayed with the stock hooks which I never had a problem with as long as you always use a fresh rubber band or two. All the talk of not trusting it and needing a spring is hogwash as there is very little outward stress on the wings, even in a snap roll.
Enjoy it and don't hesitate to move the CG back a LOT from the position on the plans as you get more comfortable. It is extremely conservative on the plans.
I had read several posts saying the exact same thing about the control rod's so I let the kids go taunt the cat's with the stock ones &
bought 2-56 dubro pushrod's all the way around. I also bought a mini steel pushrod assembly for the throttle because I didn't want to mess with the cable flexing.
As for the J-hooks, I have seen many posts regarding them & figured they'd be OK. I am going to use zip ties, per someones recomendation (i forget whose), but I agree that a couple rubber bands on their would probably be fine.
As you can see in the picture I did epoxy my J-hooks in just for a little extra comfort.
I hope to maiden her within the next week, it looks like we'll be in the 40's next weekend (heat wave)
so hopefully saturday or sunday. I'll certainly try to get some video, or at the least give you guys a flight (I hope) report.