RE: Lanier Yak
Now I'm not bashing ARF's here, but here is what I found:
The aluminum tail bracket is too soft. Swapped out for a spring steel one.
The main wheels were made of two different density foam. One wheel was hard, the onther held a flat spot on the bottom for over a week!
The tail wheel eventually falls apart.
The method of using bolt/lock washer/ bonded washer works PERFECT on the cowl and hatch. I'm converting over all my GS planse to this!
The main LG is bendy. Grease the landings to avoid replacing. I'll likely bend up a set myself.
The plane flies very lightly in the air.
The cowl vibrates. I'd recommend a few more hardpoints to mount, or make up a mounting ring.
Use a second method to hold the wings on. I drilled the antirotation pins and installed removable springclips.
The plane looks DAMN GOOD in the air.
The plane hasn't yet WOW'd me. So far I'm more impressed with my 30% Lanier Edge (older bird) or my H9 33% CAP. But I have only had about 6 flights on the YAK so far.
For the $$, this is a great plane. But I have found that I have bought several upgrade parts right off. Wheels, screws, tail spring, etc,, etc. Still, I look forward to flying this plane every time I get to the field.
Peter