Ok, after much bashing that I've read, some education needs to take place here. I'm not any expert on this, but I will try to use what I can to hopefully help you. Any tips are welcome.

First of all, The Flatouts are NOT the average foamie. They are well built and are superior in most ways. I have built two of them and learned a lot about them. If you are the average ARF builder and don't want to take your time, the flatouts aren't for you. You can mess one up easily and the time it takes to fix it wouldn't be worth it for you. If you want one that will probably be more complicated, I would suggest getting one of the easier ones first.(like the Edge or Turmoil) I built a Turmoil and used a lot of that knowledge in building my RCU.




Now, to the troublesome areas:



(1)The hinges.

What I did here was used CA in the 3 holes farthest away from the clip side and pushed them into the surface that far. I then got the tube and aligned them all before pushing them all in at the same time. I got it completely lined up and then used accelerator on both sides. This only caused a little CA on the edges to harden and I pulled the tube back out. I then arranged the rings and glued on the outside of the rings then hit it with accelerator. After that, I was able to snap the carbon tube on carefully. I haven't had one clip break by doing that as the clips are all aligned.



(2) Ill fitting parts.

Easy fix here. Just prep the gluing surfaces before gluing. (I generally scrape with a knife.)



(3) A tip for success

When building a plane like the RCU, I glue the vertical fuses before the horizontal. However, when I built my Turmoil, I did the top fuse then the sides before the bottom to keep the wing in line.(I used a little builders square for all this.)


I hope this save at least one plane. If anyone else has suggestions or questions, please post them. I'll be posting more as I have time.


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