Turbojoe
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Just to be 100% clear I am absolutely NOT bashing Zeke or Park Scale Models. Things go bad once in a while for aircraft kitters and with this particular kit they ALL went bad for me unfortunately.......
I'm not sure what happened to Zeke in the last few years but the Monocoupe 90a kit I got from him so may years ago was a mostly flawless build and the eventual maiden (a week or two ago) went great. Also the LoLo kit built fine although it flew like absolute crap. (It was NOT Zeke's design). I bought this PSM Cessna 182 kit many years ago likely from RC Groups and it was still in the heat sealed bag. It has the flap/aileron wing upgrade. I finally opened the sealed kit last week to find that it was missing the fuselage doublers and one of the rear windows. I have tons of 1/64" ply and just cut my own fuse doublers. I also have acetate in many thicknesses and can cut my own rear window replacement. What I find inexcusable is the parts with slot openings of .062" and parts with tabs that are supposed to fit in those slots at .072" + !! I'm finding this problem throughout the kit. All slots are for .062" and ALL sheets are .072" + thickness!! That seemingly minuscule .010" may seem trivial but it means custom sanding each and every part that must fit into a slotted part.
I'm just about as far as I can go on the fuselage right now. I just love any amount of "stick building" and I finally have the fuselage 90% done. I don't have many small motors but in lieu of the specified unobtanium IPS-S2 geared motor I mounted up one of my favorites, the Himax 2808-980 outrunner. It weighs 46 grams and can put out right around 100 watts with the right battery/prop combo.
Next is the wing construction and I'm really dreading it. That in itself is another bone of contention. Absolutely nothing and I mean NOTHING fits together......Also conspicuously missing is any info whatsoever as far as flap/aileron servo/mounting/linkage/cable/linkage routing whatsoever. I can work it all out but what about the poor first or second time builder. Simply inexcusable......
Just like the fuselage every slot in every rib in the fuse/wing construction needs to be sanded to fit to the improperly sized main spar. I've already done some trial wing part fitment and gave up. The wing may take a while before I report success.
The nose gear has virtually no instruction other than what he dreamed up while smoking whacky tobacky that just ain't gonna work in the real world so I fabbed up what I think may suit my needs.
Let me reiterate....... This is NOT a rant against Zeke or this particular Cessna 182/206/207 kit. If my Monocoupe 90a is any comparison I'm certain that this Cessna 182 will also finish into a gorgeous final product. Unless Zeke makes some major changes and includes more build info help related to what was swimming around in his noggin at the time of design I can't recommend this kit to a beginner scale builder. It's definitely for an advanced builder that doesn't mind making parts to help complete a "kit".
Joe
I'm not sure what happened to Zeke in the last few years but the Monocoupe 90a kit I got from him so may years ago was a mostly flawless build and the eventual maiden (a week or two ago) went great. Also the LoLo kit built fine although it flew like absolute crap. (It was NOT Zeke's design). I bought this PSM Cessna 182 kit many years ago likely from RC Groups and it was still in the heat sealed bag. It has the flap/aileron wing upgrade. I finally opened the sealed kit last week to find that it was missing the fuselage doublers and one of the rear windows. I have tons of 1/64" ply and just cut my own fuse doublers. I also have acetate in many thicknesses and can cut my own rear window replacement. What I find inexcusable is the parts with slot openings of .062" and parts with tabs that are supposed to fit in those slots at .072" + !! I'm finding this problem throughout the kit. All slots are for .062" and ALL sheets are .072" + thickness!! That seemingly minuscule .010" may seem trivial but it means custom sanding each and every part that must fit into a slotted part.
I'm just about as far as I can go on the fuselage right now. I just love any amount of "stick building" and I finally have the fuselage 90% done. I don't have many small motors but in lieu of the specified unobtanium IPS-S2 geared motor I mounted up one of my favorites, the Himax 2808-980 outrunner. It weighs 46 grams and can put out right around 100 watts with the right battery/prop combo.
Next is the wing construction and I'm really dreading it. That in itself is another bone of contention. Absolutely nothing and I mean NOTHING fits together......Also conspicuously missing is any info whatsoever as far as flap/aileron servo/mounting/linkage/cable/linkage routing whatsoever. I can work it all out but what about the poor first or second time builder. Simply inexcusable......
Just like the fuselage every slot in every rib in the fuse/wing construction needs to be sanded to fit to the improperly sized main spar. I've already done some trial wing part fitment and gave up. The wing may take a while before I report success.
The nose gear has virtually no instruction other than what he dreamed up while smoking whacky tobacky that just ain't gonna work in the real world so I fabbed up what I think may suit my needs.
Let me reiterate....... This is NOT a rant against Zeke or this particular Cessna 182/206/207 kit. If my Monocoupe 90a is any comparison I'm certain that this Cessna 182 will also finish into a gorgeous final product. Unless Zeke makes some major changes and includes more build info help related to what was swimming around in his noggin at the time of design I can't recommend this kit to a beginner scale builder. It's definitely for an advanced builder that doesn't mind making parts to help complete a "kit".
Joe
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