RE: Top Flite B-25 ARF
The nose gear didn't do too well at the bumpy grass field- there was a lot of the strut hanging down beneath the plastic mounting block, and it bent in that area. So......I played around with the tiller bar, and ended up putting it in there upside down, with a thin spacer, so as the get the spring coil as close to the mounting block as possible. Should minimize the bending.
The airplane has had a slight nose down angle at rest from the start, and between that and recombobulating the strut, it was way nose down, so I epoxied in some 3/4" thick maple rails on top of the original mounts. She now sits level.
It was a little hard to see, given the overcast skies, especially when on the opposite side of the field. It was almost impossible to tell whether it was banking towards or away from the flight line. Thus the yellow flashing on the wing LE and the fin LE. Ultracote Cub Yellow.
The top turret and the teardrop antenna would be just too vulnerable during transport and setup, so they're staying off for now. Turns out my switches are exactly where the gun packs would go, so those are still in the box as well.[8D]