spleenmuffin
Junior Member
Hey all,
A couple of weeks back I ordered a 41" Edge 540 ARF kit from 3DHS (actually ADCHobbyStore) as a first balsa plane, I have plenty of experience on sports foam planes and some limited 3D experience so everything about this kit sounded awesome to me.
It arrived today and everything seems to be in working order except the rudder. When test fitted the bottom of the trailing edge skews about 6mm to the right (when looking at the plane from behind), confirmed by laying it on a flat surface - there is always one point that wont sit flush. I suspect this happened at some point on its journey from the US to Australia (temp/climate change) rather than being a manufacturing defect.
In any case it needs to be straightened out, and as this is my first balsa kit I am pretty much in the dark as to what I'm meant to do. Currently I have it sitting flat underneath some heavy books but I'm really not expecting a result from this. Anything that involves removing the Ultracote covering is not an option as I know I'd just mess everything up trying to get it back on, but other suggestions are most welcome!
A couple of weeks back I ordered a 41" Edge 540 ARF kit from 3DHS (actually ADCHobbyStore) as a first balsa plane, I have plenty of experience on sports foam planes and some limited 3D experience so everything about this kit sounded awesome to me.
It arrived today and everything seems to be in working order except the rudder. When test fitted the bottom of the trailing edge skews about 6mm to the right (when looking at the plane from behind), confirmed by laying it on a flat surface - there is always one point that wont sit flush. I suspect this happened at some point on its journey from the US to Australia (temp/climate change) rather than being a manufacturing defect.
In any case it needs to be straightened out, and as this is my first balsa kit I am pretty much in the dark as to what I'm meant to do. Currently I have it sitting flat underneath some heavy books but I'm really not expecting a result from this. Anything that involves removing the Ultracote covering is not an option as I know I'd just mess everything up trying to get it back on, but other suggestions are most welcome!