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Old 01-04-2003 | 09:11 PM
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If I am not the first, let me be. I was thouraoughly dissapointed in the craftsmanship of the yellow aircraft cap 232. The covering on the plane was soo terrible, that I had to heat gun my entire plane. And what p*ssed me off the most is that when I shrunk the tail, the trim seperated. Now it is not anchored to anything so if i try to fix it, it just pulls apart more, showing all the balso underneath. I will give anyone out there a word of advise and be aware of the risks when buying any yellow aircraft/fun-key planes. The coving on these planes is far from workable. I dont know If I can fix it anymore.
Old 01-05-2003 | 10:36 PM
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Not to step on any toes but let me school you guys on ARFs. First thing to do when you open the box. take a trim iron on high and stick down all the seems. Second, these things are built at sea level and spend a month getting here at sea level.The wood will shrink and leave wrinkles in the covering. Once it arives set it in your house for a couple weeks with the plastic off.Then heat out the wrinkles. This will not make them as good as most guys can do on their own, but the idea is to get in the air fast. later daveo

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