ORIGINAL: sass25479

Well it appears that everyone thinks I'm being unreasonable, and I did ask for your opinion. I wish him luck with the new company. But as far as I'm concerned it appears to me to be the same company. I've lost all interest in completing this plane and doubt that I'll do anything more with it.

You asked if I built it according to the manual and what the problems were. The only place that I deviated was to pull off the rainbows and I used Robart hinge pockets because I was worried about getting glue in the hinge joints. It was the first time that I've used them and I don't feel that they are worth the extra work. I didn't use them on the Yak and it worked out fine.

The problems I had were that the canopy/ hatch was too short and the top edge had about a 3/4" gap at the top where it meet the turtle deck and the bottom had about 3/16" gap wich was probably due to shrinking. I had to take it apart and redo it. The cardboard wing tubes are too tight. It's impossible to grab the wing hard enough to pull the wing away from the fuselage without crushing the wing. Max told me to try baby powder which did absolutely nothing to cure the problem. I spent hours wet sanding the carbon fiber tube. By time I got it to fit loose enough (still really tight) to be able to get the wing off it was so thin that it cracked. The elevator hinge holes were not aligned and I didn't discover it until after I glued in the hinge pockets. Now to take out the hinge pockets it will leave 1/2 inch holes. I've also had some issues balancing it with the 4lb G-62 Lite that I got from Ralph wich I don't feel is the kits fault. By the way Ralph is a FANTASTIC guy to deal with.

Thanks for you opinions even though I really didn't like what I was told. I can see you point of view.