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Old 08-04-2008 | 09:04 AM
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Default RE: Haikong Mfg. - SICKLE Composite F3A

ORIGINAL: flyboy91

Looks really nice but, if you look at the specs page take a look at the length. It shows it as 80 inches! Not good for F3A. Hopefully a mix up and it is really the correct size.

Andrew
Yeah, I think that is a misprint . . like the "AMOST" at the bottom of the page (should be "almost"). Conversions and translations have never been their strong point . . and it looks like it hasn't gotten any better ! From experience . . you can pretty much throw the instructions away, as the suggested CG location was miles out . . suggested servos ? WRONG! Suggested engine size . . WRONG again ! ! . . etc. Sections of the build (which were pretty scant) seemed as though they were 'cut and pasted' from an entirely different model. This is probably because the companies they make the planes for do their own nice 'glossy' instructions. The planes Haikong market dirrect . . well . . It's all cheaper in China :-)

It also says the length is 1980mm (2 Meter is 2000mm). 1980mm converts to just under 78 inches . .

Cheers, JB