A small question and a venting of frustration.

THE QUESTION:
Have you gotten a badly built, out of square airframe to fly correctly and reliably?


THE FRUSTRATION:
This past week I met with an old friend to swap a kit and catch up after not seeing each other for a year or so. He had a Rascal C with the original brushed motor set-up that had been sitting in the rafters of his shop for many years. I took the Rascal in trade and didn't really look the airframe over too closely. My friend is an expert modeler and a full scale classic airplane restorer, I trust him and any airplane he has built. When deciding the trade he said he did not build the Rascal but that it was given to him by another modeler several years ago and that he had never flown it. I just assumed he had checked over the airframe when he got it, but I am now not so certain. Upon inspection I have found SEVERE problems and considered scrapping the whole thing. I am an experienced builder and like a challenge, but this one seemed tough to crack.

The issues:
1) Where the fuse comes together at the tail, it is neither centered along the length of the fuse, nor square.
2) The horizontal stab is slightly skewed to one side, and bows down on one side
3) The vertical stab is not square to the horizontal, and is not centered
4) The dihedral is not equal from right to left (one side is 1 in lower than the other)
5) Finish is sloppy and windows are not fully glued (need new covering and windows)

So far I have fixed these issues with the exception of #1 and the bow on the horizontal (will try to shrink it out with the covering or a little steam treatment once bare). I still need to do additional surgery on the wing root to beef up the spar at the corrected dihedral. To upgrade to a BL motor and lipo's I added a forward firewall to correctly mount the motor and modified the battery hatch with a magnet and battery tray, getting rid of the original kit screws. I am also going to strip and re-cover once I have a few flights on the adjusted airframe.
Hopefully I can post some pics of the corrected and modified plane tomorrow.


LESSON LEARNED:

Rule #1 ALWAYS inspect and airframe thoroughly before accepting it in a sale or trade.
Rule #2 NEVER assume your trusted friend has followed rule #1.


I have not yet talked to my friend about this, it has no bearing on the friendship, or trust I have in his judgement... I am just curious to see if he will remember seeing these issues from when he originally acquired it.