[NSRCA-discussion] New Planes

[Koenig, Tom]

Hey Ron-I have one too!
 
It has sat in my model cupboard for the past 9 months.....I cant stand
it! I just cant bring myself to 'assemble' the rest of it ( but I will !
)
 
I have had to build all new control surfaces for it, they were warped
bejond description, but I too thought 'what the heck' its only a P.O.S
and didnt ask for a refund. I do not like the cowl fit at all also.
Infact I'm kind of thankful for the experience-it has spurred me on to
finally build an old KWIK-FLY MK3 of a set of Graupner plans.( just as a
throw around)
 
I guess I'm still old school and am flat out delaing with a kit let
alone an ARF. Give me my drawing board, some slabs of wood and I'll make
it fly!!
 
Tom

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[mailto:nsrca-discussion-bounces at lists.nsrca.org] On Behalf Of Ron Van
Putte
Sent: Monday, January 14, 2008 2:22 PM
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Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] New Planes


I must respond, simply because I ran across an ARF that has blown me
away with its quality.  Hang with me here.  It is the Thunder Tiger
Imagine 50.  Now I know it's not a "Pattern" airplane, but I bought it
to have some fun.  I have been amazed at how well things fit.  This
airplane has a one-piece wing and you have to glue the two halves
together.  The bottom of the wing has a checkerboard pattern and I
didn't notice until I glued it together that the checkerboard pattern
carries through perfectly across the center of the wing!  This is not
the only thing that "fits', but is simply an example of the quality I
discovered in this ARF.  I plan to test hop it on Tuesday and hope it
flies as well as it looks. 

Ron Van Putte

On Jan 13, 2008, at 8:07 PM, chris moon wrote:


	Since it has been so quiet, I want to stir the pot and ask
everyone why 
	it is that we as a group accept lots of poor quality kits and
just shrug 
	it off? I spoke with 2 people this weekend who are building
different 
	planes and both are unhappy with the quality of the kits. Pieces
are 
	warped and twisted and tubes misaligned and we just say..."oh
well, I'll 
	fix it". One guy said something to the effect that well, it was
ONLY 
	$1,000.00!!!! We are way too lenient on accepting cruddy quality
and 
	just fixing it. I know there are not a lot of vendors out there,
but we 
	are happy to pay just $1,000 and get a twisted plane in return??
I was 
	told one popular plane that many guys now have has 5 DEGREES of
down 
	thrust mistakenly molded into the fuse and everyone just says,
oh well, 
	I'll fix it. Don't know about you, but $1,000 is a lot of dough
to me, 
	and to happily pay for a cruddy product in return is just wrong.
I 
	still remember that famous email from one mfg that basically
said that 
	the person complaining about his wing was twisted should be
HAPPY that 
	it was twisted because famous pilot XX flew the plane too and he
won the 
	NATS with it. The problem is that we don't as a group send the
junk back 
	and demand that we get our money's worth. Nobody expects a
perfect kit 
	without any problems at all, but aren't we too lenient? Maybe we
need 
	to just buy kits like Mike's Black Magic and then we can only
blame 
	ourselves if it comes out crooked.
	Sorry, but I really feel that we are being taken advantage of
due to the 
	limited supply of planes available and we are told to take it or
leave it.
	
	Ok, I feel better now.
	
	Chris
	
	
	
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