For those who have not been fortunate to see one of steve Moons new offering it is a treat. First off is the presence of real maple mounts, a front end that will actually stay together and an open construction that makes it so easy to drop the tank in from the front in a hassle free manner. the cowl is fibreglass and will fit flush with the bottom, not like those ugly T/F cowls. Controls are Tom Morris type with differential horn cranks. Control is not 1:1 though but I don't think that it is very problimatical as my Noblers don't have it either.they consisit of Morris type bellcrank, c/f pushrods, very nice fitting for the rods and Rocket city type ball links, very meaty and have a very good fit to them. Construction is conventional and the wood is very good, most glue joints that I saw were done well, but the glue type is unknown. It is not however, hot glue, as many think that all arf's use it.
I'll be starting mine as soon as the current project gets off the bench. Power will be a Brodak 40 and I'll paint directly over the SLC covering. Oh did I mention that the thing is reasonably light and straight and the wing has weight box and adjustable L/O and the covering on all surfaces was well applied and had no wrinkles anywhere when the box was opened.
I would say that we are looking at a 2nd generation arf. Your inputs are apparently being listened to and changes are being made for the better.
Dennis