Can you comment on the pylons included someone mentioned they were short ?
regards,
Can you comment on the pylons included someone mentioned they were short ?
regards,
Didn't look that close - but I do plan to get my scale ruler out. I'll take a look.
One thing I did notice about the pylons is that some of the features are a bit over-done and blocky. The bumps for the SHOLS hook covers are a bit large, as are the fairings ahead of the sway braces ahead of the BRU-32's in each pylon. I also need to take a closer look at the fitment to see if they got the toe/roll right. They should be toed outward fou degrees, and the outboards should be both toed and rolled out four degrees.
BTW - saw a nice build-up in progress over on HyperScale. Hate to add to the workload, but for those of you intending to fold the wings on your Super Hornet, the ailerons should be drooped as well as the flaps if you are also building with the flaps lowered. For a baby Hornet, it is required to fair the ailerons in order to fold the wings - so you will see them with the inboard flaps down and the ailerons flush. Not so on a Super - you will see them parked with the wings folded, inboard flaps down, and the ailerons toed outward.
Check your references, and keep that razor saw handy.
Thanks
Took a look, and yes - they do look odd in the box, but that may just be an illusion generated by the box. I wanted to compare them to the
3-view in my D&S on the F/A-18E/F...but there isn't a 3-view in that book! One of many complaints I hold against it...it's not one of thier best.But - something I did notice in there were some shots of jets with wings folded which seem to contradict what I said previously about the aileron position. What I've reasoned out is that these pics are all of carrier ops and all the jets have/had engines running and hyds up when the wings were folded.
Where I see them, we usually fold the wings on ground power, so the ailerons are always drooped when the wings are folded. I know for a fact that you have to manually push the ailerons flush to fold the wings on ground power for an A-D, and we don't for E/F.
SOOO...put 'em where you want 'em. Airplane trivia...gotta love it...
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