700 Mikado

[fran11784]

Hi friends, has anyone here built a newer Mikado Logo with the plastic frames? So far I’m not a fan…

 

[D.O.G.]

Hey there Fran. You are not the only one who's not a fan of plastic. Impact resistance must be an issue.

 

[LooseNut]

From my follies with the Heli's I've found there are places I like the flex and places I want firmly attached and rigid. The frames are one of those places I like rigid. and the cross fittings aluminum with tapped holes for thread locker and machine threads. Yes, it means slightly more weight, but I sport fly, not compete.

 

[fran11784]

Well one if my issues is trying to put the upper frame to the lower frame. I can't understand how it's supposed to go flush with one another. There are these plastic bosses molded into the upper frames keeping the lower frames from going flush. And the manual is worse than Roban manuals... lol

 

[fran11784]

OMG, well we can all have a laugh on me, there not plastic bosses they are bolts, lmao. Bolts I put in before I should have. See what happens when I put on my glasses....

 

[LooseNut]

Ahaa! Yes! But I'm not going to laugh, I've done this myself a few times. I have a set of 300 readers for the pesky small prints.