<div>Jay</div> <div> </div> <div>Did this fly yet?</div> <div> </div> <div>Colin<BR><BR><B><I>Jay Marshall <lightfoot@sc.rr.com></I></B> wrote:</div> <BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">10/10/2006 - Day 1<BR><BR>Received via FedEx in perfect condition. Upon inspection the covering is<BR>excellent and tight. Further inspection shows there isn't an assembly<BR>manual. Finally found a mini-CD taped to the end which had the manual in a<BR>PDF format. This is a builders plane - very little in the way of<BR>instructions. Lots of pictures but few words!<BR><BR>Streamline is an apt name. It is only 2.5 in wide. Just about a profile<BR>plane. Ailerons are full width. Control surfaces large - more like a 3-D<BR>design. The cowling is un-trimmed. Manual calls for C.A., P.A. and A.B. glue<BR>(just pictures). AB is two part glue, assume epoxy. Don't know what P.A. is.<BR>Wheels are probably too small
for grass. Lots of rudder however the hinge<BR>line is 4.5 in. in back of the elevator hinge line. Both the elevator and<BR>rudder servos are tail mounted. Light, fragile construction. I'll have to<BR>take a close look at the small hard mount for the LG.<BR><BR>Don't know where the kit was made or where the manual was printed. Not in<BR>the USA but not too bad. All metric.<BR><BR>Hinge material is substandard. The hinges are circular cutouts appx. ¾ in.<BR>in diameter. They seem to be inconsistent in that some of them have<BR>plastic/Mylar center layers and others do not. Best plan would be too<BR>replace all of them.<BR><BR>Firewall has no epoxy on it and the blind nuts for the engine mounts are not<BR>installed. These will be tough as you can't get your hand inside. There is<BR>absolutely no info on where the mounts should be located! Can't tell if it<BR>requires offset or not. This is going to be difficult. I hope the center of<BR>the fuel tank hole is also the required
center for the mounts. Right now I<BR>plan to use the O.S. FL-70 engine, but this may change.<BR><BR>The fuel tank seems to be small and I'm going to have to measure the<BR>capacity. Replacing it would be a problem because of the 2.5 in. width.<BR><BR>The tail wheel is hard coupled to the rudder. This is a no-no for grass and<BR>I'll replace it with a spring coupled unit.<BR><BR>The horizontal tail feathers were assembled - all that was necessary was to<BR>put a drop of CA on them. DON'T! The connecting rod between the elevators is<BR>not glued in and if you glue the hinges now you can't slide the assembly<BR>into the fuse slot. I did and ended up cutting the hinges, re-slotting,<BR>installing the feathers, then re-hinging. Bummer.<BR><BR><BR><BR><BR>Jay Marshall<BR><BR>_______________________________________________<BR>NSRCA-discussion mailing list<BR>NSRCA-discussion@lists.nsrca.org<BR>http://lists.nsrca.org/mailman/listinfo/nsrca-discussion</BLOCKQUOTE><BR><p> 
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