Cubesim - TPR dampers - initial thoughts

[Mr_sukebe]

I’ve just received and fitted the TPR damper kit from Cubesim.

Some photos:

 

Whilst the damping is working, I have to provide other feedback for our fellow pilots;

• The initial price for these looks "not terrible".  Hence me ordering them.  Rather stupidly of me, I was on autopilot whilst going through the Paypal element, and simply said yes, before then realising that the postage was nearly 40% of the total cost of the item.  Clearly my fault, but it could have been covered earlier in the ordering process
• Having realised that I'd just ballsed up, I emailed them straight after placing the order, to the email ID that they'd suggested.  Followed that up with a polite reminder 3 days later.  No response
• The assembly was fairly straightforward.  They have a video on the website walking you through it.  Fairly mug proof.  HOWEVER, the bolts that are supplied to connect two of the printed plastic components are not quite long enough.  My solution was to use a drill bit to deepen the whole just a little (having no appropriate bolts to hand).  Sure, that's worked, but should I really need to be doing DIY?
• If you look at the first picture, the damper is not actually aligned perpendicular to the bolts.  It's maybe 5 degrees off.  Not enough to stop it doing it's job, but frankly, a bit pants.  This is particularly so as the block that fixes onto the base of the TPRs is made of an upper and a lower printed plastic parts.  If the holes in the lower plastic part were maybe 5-7mm further inboard, it would align perfectly.  How was that (a) not noticed, or (b) ignored

In short, yes, they seem to work fine, but the above list really niggles me, to the point that I struggle to recommend them to others.

 

 

 

Edited August 31, 2023 by Mr_sukebe