Sorry OM but the kit states right on the box and such that it's designed for up to a 72 4 stroke. I say it was not. And if you had read my original post you would have noted that I said in the beginning this plane was in fact designed for up to a 72 four stroke. Now if a Saito won't fit I would like to know what will.
And, if someone else said Hangar 9 has some of the best ARFs out there I won't bother with others. On the other hand, the Ultra Stick 40 was not as bad as they entry level but then again you would think that they would try to impress the new guy with a trainer for high quality to get a repeat customer.
Just in case, I think I may just stick to full build kits from now on and keep the quality under my control.
Sounds like a plan to me anyway!




Krashkart, The problums you ran into are not unexpected when installing a 4 stroke into an already built airframe intended for a two stroke. It goes with the territory. Had you simply gone with the intended 2 stroke (46 evo) or a slightly larger one it would have been a pretty smoothe and eazy assembly job. When you endevor to kit bash, ARF bash in this case, you are responsible to re engineer all the systems to create a functional finished product. Maybe some deeper thought before you started would have led you in another direction, such building a different trainer KIT custom made to fit the 4 stroke, or a different powerplant in this ARF. This part is NOT Hanger 9's fault. I agree that the other poorly glued parts issues SHOULD not happen but they do and are quite typical of most ARF's. Many of the other "off brands" are worse! I have experenced all 14 of the problums that Mike 109 lists and more. I once had a "no name China" 60 sized Spitfire ARF with the main gear retract pockets built into the wing well aft of the C/G where you would mount mains for a tri gear plane. What a piece of crap!!! So you can either fix the ARF problums as you assemble or kit build your own, which takes a LOT of time and effort plus costs much more than a comparable ARF to finish. Sorry, there is no good answer, PICK YOUR POISON!!
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