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Old 03-14-2003 | 03:36 AM
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Yeah, Im bitten by the ARF bug! Its hard to beat. I will say this though, I probably could have built a "kit" in the time its taken me to straighten out this DP 330. Granted, some issues with the DP have been ones I created like hinging! I decided to rehinge with robart pinpoints, and I just hate the hinging process. Its that one area of building, that I just dread! (But most were mods that others had recommended here on RCU due to flutter problems). When you buy an ARF, you are immediately ready to hinge! I think the only ARF other than trainers, that I have owned and had to do absolutly no mods too was a Sig somethin extra. But you know what, Im very tempted to buy the new DP edge! Whats wrong with me....... I keep telling myself, next plane will be kit, not an ARF. Im addicted I guess! The main thing is too have fun with the hobby and not to let things get you down!

With your situation, you may be able to shim the wing, or use the wing seating tape. Just make it a little thicker on the side that needs shimmed. The sTab, if its already glued down, thats a tough one. After you had assembled it and the glue was dry, was everything straight? You know, I had Lanier Cap 232, that had sheeted foam wing cores. I sheeted the second wing and it was perfectly straight, and when I pulled it off the table to let it sit till I had time to work on it again, it had warped! No idea why this happend, but it threw me some major grief. My only guess on that one, I had not yet installed the leading edge??? That was my second foam wing airplane, my first turned perfectly. That was a kit plane not an arf.