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Old 07-08-2003 | 11:44 PM
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i have found they are kinda low quality. I mean, the ailerons are hollow, The gear cracked after 5 landings, the wheel pants were inconsistant meaning that the plastic was all milky, and in some spots you could see through it. They were also all melted and deformed. When i put them on, They broke they were so bad. The wing tape is the wrong color, The cowl is not even the correct shape let alone the color, The cowl is constantly cracking, The engine mounting surface on the heavy cheap aluminum mount supplied wasn't even flat so i bought a good one, their wheels are junk, The elevators are slightly warped, The servo tray's screws will loosten on their own and literally drill their way through the mounting holes, The clevisis are really bad and are impossible to get on twards the tail, The canopy has orange peel, There appear to be white tire marks going through the words "miss Oshkosh" on the left side facing from the back to the front, The wing mounting bolts are flimsy and dangerous to use, The ailerons were way too small, And the foam padding on my flight box managed to go through the covering. Another thing that went through it way too early on was a weed. The prop didn't efen throw it, it just cut the covering. Also, my big toe went through that stuff. so, i got a recovering kit and the colors don't even match. Evertyhing is at least 5 shades lighter, and the patching stuff they supplied is completely the wrong color. I mean it is so off that you would havfe a harder time noticing the glare on the packing tape than this. It's like orange on a black background. also the engine thrust line was an inch and a half too low, The holes in the fuselage to allow the wing dowels to go through were drilled at the wrong angle meaning we had to spend hours filing it down, only to find out that now where is too much play. The Cradle tape they supply sticks to the wing and dries, and when you peel the dried resedue off it takes a lot of the color with it. They say to check over it before you start building it or they won't replace the defective parts and stuff, But a lot of that only shows up once you have built it, or sometimes even used it. I was pretty unhappy with it, and the only reason i have not bought a diferent one is because i can do a knife edge spin really easily, and it tumbles very well.