ORIGINAL: Ali
I dont understand either as all of the vipers that I have owned and flown ( 9 so far ) apart from prototype number mode 1 have had wood in the flying surfaces. There have been a couple where the wood in the rudder was positioned in a different place to where my builders aligned the control horn but that was an easy fix.
Dunc. For Christmas can you ask your wife to get you a decent camera please!
Regards Al
Thats cause they know who the kits are going to and that your word - ie what you say on RCU or anywhere else - carries big weight. Don't kid yourself if you don't think so. There are so many things in the Chinese culture that are so different than Western. I've been travelling to Asia for business for over 10 years now and still don't have a clue.
I can also almost guarantee you that these aircraft are not built to any drawings or whatever. I have been in plants in Asia where they build entire machines with very little in terms of engineering drawings - copy once and repeat. Lots of room for "minor discrepancies" in manufacturing. Plus, most likely, the people assembling these airframes would have no idea why they are putting the wood pieces in place so no "logic" is used. Get used to it and just resign to the fact that you will need to carefully inspect your airframe for missing spars, hard points, formers, etc.
Now if they would just hurry up and ship my kit - they've had my money for 2 months now and I want to get building.[
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PaulD