I am putting together an ARF model from Modeltech, the Mini Magic Extra 20/480 (it's a 20-size sport aerobat, in which I will fit a OS .25 FX). After following all the instructions to the T, during alingment of the horizontal stabilizer I've noticed that the single mounting hole on the wing's trailing edge came off center from the manufacturer (the leading edge has just two dowels, which are centered). In other words, the wing is not exactly perpendicular to the fuse and the lenghts of the right and left trailing edges differ by about 1.1 cm (!). [:@] Fixing this would imply in the virtual destruction of the wing's belly pan, which had to be structurally glued in, as well as some other pretty sizeable hassle. There are no spare parts for this plane, as it has been discontinued years ago. I ask: can the plane be flown in sport mode with this amount of asymmetry in the wing's trailing edges? There is no warp, or any other structural problem that I can see.

Thank you in advance.

You have answered your own question. Yes it can be flown. It looks like the wing is off by just under 1/2" (.43). I have flown them a lot worse. Not sure you would even notice it.

Way back when I built a plane and the horizontal stab was off more then that and it showed no sigh at all. You could look up and see that it was way off and it flew just fine.

You won't know until you get it in the air. Fly, be free and happy.


Dru.

Thank you for the reassuring advice, as a fix on this model's wing would be quite unpleasant.

As naive as it may sound, it never fails to amaze me how poor quality control can be on much of what is out there in our beloved hobby...

the only QC I worry about is mine. I too miss stuff.

Dru.