Flying Cat 90
Hi,
Not sure if this is the correct forum to place this - here goes.
I purchased the Flying Cat 90, and am now just starting to put it together. First off, most references in the manual speak of a 71 (not a 90), this manual has gone through some language to englsih conversion, I'm english and I can't understand the reference made in the section about mounting the engine. It mentions in step 1 about the molded lines in the firewall to be used for reference, mine has none. There is an "Attention please:" section that I have no idea what is trying to be said. I've built many planes in my day and have never run across this wording.
When I opened the box, there was a chip out of the right side just in front of the wing tip, also missing nuts for the bolts that hold the control horns in place. The location for the cutout that was to be used for the rudder servo was in the wrong place - out by about 4 inches lower than it should have been.
Now the worse part of this, with the plane sitting level upside down and the retract sitting in it's place, it is not perfectly straight up and down (perpendicular to the wing), and when viewed through the whole in the back you can see the formers are not aligned. Not sure if I'm being overly critical here, but I wonder what else is not aligned properly that would contribute to poor handling in the air. I have pictures of both and will try to upload them here.
Maybe I should have started putting this together before noticing the alignment issue, but since I'm located in Canada shipping back and forth is expensive, more than the cist of the plane.
Any comments would be freatly appreciated.
Kevin