My Fighter arrived today in great condition! There was only one small tear in the box but no damage to the parts. It was very well packed.
A few unboxing observations:
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Although you can repack the Fighter VTOL into the foam and box for transport, there was no carry bag like in the Freeman VTOL package which makes it much easier to carry to your truck or to the setup area at a flying field. It was a nice bonus on the Freeman that will be missed on the Fighter.
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All of the control surfaces can now be easily hinged. This increases the control surface integrity, especially after some usage.
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The Fighter has a decal sheet. This was something that was missing from the Freeman package. There were also several white Mylar sheets to cover the wings near the fuselage.
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The connectors are not pre-wired as we thought possible from the assembly videos. This requires that the customer now solder their own wires.
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Missing was the paper manual and two tubes of “jiao shui” glue. Perhaps they were removed by customs.
