Well, lets just say its not a SIG.

Anyway, I screwed on the landing gear and found that one of the supplied bolts seemed too small. When I tightened down the bolt, it finally started to slip. I then switched the bolts to thier opposite sides and find that the same side is faulty. This leads me to believe that one of the landing gear blind nuts is either slightly too big, or has faulty threading. Its already glued in there, and I am not sure the best way to fix it.

Any thoughts?

Not sure if you'll have enough room to get inside and put a new one in. If you do, to remove the old one, heat up a soildering iron, place it inside the blind nut to melt the glue, place the screw in the nut as far as you can get it it, and tap the blind nut out with a hammer. Just be careful not to leave the iron in there too long or it may start a fire. It sounds like your not going to be able to get a new nut in there very eaisly though. Good luck with it anyway.

Are you sure you have the right bolts? I seem to recall several ARFs that came with 2.5 and 3mm bolts. It would be pretty easy to mix them up while assembling (don't ask me why how I know this ) BTW, WHICH Modeltech ARF?

Actually, the blind nut looks like it is slightly bigger. I think my best bet is to try to find a bolt that is the right size. Or, I should get one that is slightly smaller that will pass right through the blind nut, then get a nut to bolt on the inside of the fuse to hold the gear on.

I forgot to mention which one....its the .25 cub ARF.

I've been thinking of getting one of those, it looks like a fun little plane. The bolt is probably metric. If you're going to the trouble of finding new bolts, you might as well go SAE. It'll improve your chances of finding a replacement when one vibrates loose. You should be able to get to the blind nuts, and as others have suggested, a little heat should loosen them right up. Knock them out and reinstall similarly sized SAE bolts and blind nuts.

I've had this airplane for about 3 years and many, many flights. Mine is fitted with a Magnum .25 2 stroke and flies like a rocket sled on rails. The guys in the club have renamed it the Hyper Cub. It's a blast to fly. Takeoff was the hardest thing to get the hang of as it's heavy and requires a fair amount of speed before you rotate. Keeping a short and squirrelly machine going straight for long enough to lift off was a challenge until I put the rudder on dual rates. Takeoff run is done with the rudder on extra low rates. Once in the air, this airplane is pure fun. Landing is straightforward, just don't let it get too slow and put it down on the mains and let it roll out. You can't have more fun than that with yer clothes on

I threw away all the hardware from my Model Tech .25 size Extra for the same reason. I also found the pushrod hardware was too small for the pushrods. I think everone at Model Tech should have to buy thier product with their own money and force them to try and fly their planes with the supplied hardware. If the Extra didn't fly so well, I would have asked for my money back.

I agree with you on the hardware, it is pretty low quality. Their airplanes do fly very well though. For the price, despite the hardware issues, I think their ARF's are a good value. Just my humble opinion and $0.02 worth.