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Title: windrider 2.6m habicht glider
Post by: andrew wallace on August 19, 2010, 17:28:48 PM
:cry: ah man the fuselage is twisted real bad on the habicht

gutted
Title: windrider 2.6m habicht glider
Post by: Eiretime on August 19, 2010, 18:42:03 PM
What a bummer  :!: Is this something that could be fixed in the workshop or will it have to go back?


ed
Title: windrider 2.6m habicht glider
Post by: Fred on August 19, 2010, 19:27:57 PM
:!:  Ah feck !
Any photos ? Might be an easy fix  :?:
Title: windrider 2.6m habicht glider
Post by: andrew wallace on August 19, 2010, 19:43:07 PM
hi ed
sorry i missed you when you where up at moneymore
looks like it'll have to be replaced,mind you i don't fancy having to send it back to hong kong

fred think it would be difficult to fix it's a glassfibre fuselage
sorry no photo's
but when i look up the fuselage from the nose and i line up the tail plane with the round metal bar for the wings it's down on one side by 1/2 inch
i'm going to send Ming Lou of windrider an email and see what he says, i've put it on a couple of other forums to see if anyone else has had something similar  but so far nobody has anything bad to say about the model and it's a pity to because it's really lovely

i'll keep you posted on anything that happens
Title: windrider 2.6m habicht glider
Post by: Eiretime on August 19, 2010, 19:56:11 PM
Sorry to have missed you as well. A fun afternoon and well entertained by the Lad`s. Back to the Fuz could you Heat Gun it if Ming sends yoy another to keep you going?

ed
Title: windrider 2.6m habicht glider
Post by: Richard Boyd on August 19, 2010, 20:03:11 PM
Andrew , I have dealt with Ming and he is top notch from my experience.
Take a few photos and send them of to him and this may help with a replacement. Cost of postage to Hong Kong is frightening !
Royal Mail/ Parcel Force are a total rip off !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I was counting the days until the Habby was on the slope !

Richard
Title: windrider 2.6m habicht glider
Post by: andrew wallace on August 20, 2010, 17:09:17 PM
hi guys
sent ming an email and he gas asked for some photo's so here they are
(http://www.gliderireland.net/forum/images/uploads/andrew%20wallace/4.jpg)(http://www.gliderireland.net/forum/images/uploads/andrew%20wallace/mail.jpg)(http://www.gliderireland.net/forum/images/uploads/andrew%20wallace/mail3.jpg)

hi ed i'm a patient sort of guy i'll wait and see if i get a new fuz i'll also need two new tail plane halves don't fancy trying to cut them out

richard hope to see you soon
Title: windrider 2.6m habicht glider
Post by: Eiretime on August 21, 2010, 08:39:51 AM
That`s on twisted Mother F@%?er! What a pain
Title: windrider 2.6m habicht glider
Post by: andrew wallace on August 27, 2010, 17:45:53 PM
:D  :D  :D  :D  :D  :D
happy days recieved an email from Ming in Hong Kong
the factory are sending me out a new fuselage and tail plane  :clap:

just made my day

hey richard i've got that stupid smile on my face again  :lol:
Title: windrider 2.6m habicht glider
Post by: Eiretime on August 27, 2010, 17:57:04 PM
Not a bad way to start the weekend :) Old Ming doesn't seem like a bad fella at all.

ed
Title: windrider 2.6m habicht glider
Post by: Fred on August 27, 2010, 20:11:51 PM
Very good Andrew  :clap:  :clap:

Soooo... What are you doing with the bent fuselage then... O:)  :mrgreen:
Title: windrider 2.6m habicht glider
Post by: andrew wallace on September 17, 2010, 17:22:51 PM
new fuselage came today  :clap:  :clap:
looking forwards now to finishing the model  :D
a big thanks to ming lou from windrider for sorting me out with the new fuselage  :clap:  :clap:
Title: windrider 2.6m habicht glider
Post by: Richard Boyd on October 10, 2010, 10:10:11 AM
Andrew flew the Habby yesterady at Slieve Gallion and this is a beautiful plane !

(http://www.gliderireland.net/forum/images/uploads/Richard%20Boyd/DSC04167.JPG)

(http://www.gliderireland.net/forum/images/uploads/Richard%20Boyd/DSC04179.JPG)

(http://www.gliderireland.net/forum/images/uploads/Richard%20Boyd/DSC04178.JPG)

Well done to the Legend !!!!!![/img]