News GSN Give-A-Way Hangar 9 Extra 300X I WON!

[Jetpainter]

The boxes were on a pallet and in great shape! There was a hole in the wing box that the FedEx guy pointed out to me, but I opened it while he was here and it hadn't gotten to the inner box. He was a super guy, much better than our normal FedEx folks.
Well I couldn't resist taking a peek in the boxes before I took them home. Hopefully I can take some time tomorrow to do a proper unboxing and check everything out. At first glance it all looks good!
Thanks again Paul @GSNadmin !

 

[Bunky.F.Knuckle]

I like that scheme!

 

[Jetpainter]

Tonight I pulled most of the parts out of the box to make sure there was no damage. Everything I've checked so far looks fine. They did manage to glue one wing tip to a chunk of foam, but I was able to get it loose without too much problem. The covering needs quite a bit of ironing, but looks pretty good otherwise.

The wings are sheeted foam and seem pretty light, but since this is my first 35% airframe I have nothing to compare it to.

I'm interested to see what the all up weight is.

 

[Jetpainter]

A few things that are interesting on this model besides the foam wings.

The rudder is set up to be push pull.

The fuel tank is mounted behind the CG.

It's set up for about any switch.

 

[Jetpainter]

Tonight I finished going through all the parts and everything looks okay from what I can tell. I can tell you one thing, I really like this airplane and I'm dying to fly it, but the quality is no where near what my Pilot Edge, or other Pilot airframes I've dealt with. My Aeroworks airframes had much better quality control as well. I'm still very excited, I just wish Hangar 9 would step it up.

I'm planning on starting an assembly thread and I'll talk about the issues then. I don't see anything major at this point, but there are a lot of little things. Every bind nut in the cowl is off center to the hole requiring some carving before the bolt would go in, globs of glue in the hinges, the hatch fits poorly, and other things.

I had contacted Horizon about what the header drop needs to be and the they quoted to me out of the manual that it should be 50mm. I looked at the manual and there is no info at all in it about the headers, so I don't know where they got that. I bolted the motor on tonight, and 50mm would be way to short. The 70mm ones I have look like they will work fine.

 

[Luchnia]

Tonight I finished going through all the parts and everything looks okay from what I can tell. I can tell you one thing, I really like this airplane and I'm dying to fly it, but the quality is no where near what my Pilot Edge, or other Pilot airframes I've dealt with. My Aeroworks airframes had much better quality control as well. I'm still very excited, I just wish Hangar 9 would step it up.

I'm planning on starting an assembly thread and I'll talk about the issues then. I don't see anything major at this point, but there are a lot of little things. Every bind nut in the cowl is off center to the hole requiring some carving before the bolt would go in, globs of glue in the hinges, the hatch fits poorly, and other things.

I had contacted Horizon about what the header drop needs to be and the they quoted to me out of the manual that it should be 50mm. I looked at the manual and there is no info at all in it about the headers, so I don't know where they got that. I bolted the motor on tonight, and 50mm would be way to short. The 70mm ones I have look like they will work fine.

Sad that this would get through with the quality of a much lower end ARF like you might get from GH. I despise an ARF that the holes are off and don't match up. What if you would have bought this and had to deal with it? Granted H9 would send you what you need, however that is still a hassle. H9 should be every bit as good as Pilot with no excuse.

 

[Jetpainter]

Sad that this would get through with the quality of a much lower end ARF like you might get from GH. I despise an ARF that the holes are off and don't match up. What if you would have bought this and had to deal with it? Granted H9 would send you what you need, however that is still a hassle. H9 should be every bit as good as Pilot with no excuse.

I know the 60cc P3 Revolution and the 60cc P-51 from Hangar 9 were both plagued with issues. But I've heard and seen good things from some of there other offerings. But bad news travels fast, so Hangar 9 needs to step it up or get left behind.