[Poppawang]

I'm sure it'll go as well as the rest of the build has.
If it helps (and i'm sure you know looking at the great job so far) I find if you keep the heat of the iron fairly low it gives you more time to work and doesn't cause "premature shrink". (read whatever you want into that)

Andy

[k.fluney]

Originally Posted by akabek

Once I had the wing and fuselage built I installed the tank, servos, engine and exhaust extra so I could do a rough CG. The CF rod I had had a diameter to large so I will stick to the 4-40 plus I was already nose heavy which is not uncommon for this plane. I cut a hole in the tail section and epoxied 2oz of weight in the tail section.

I use to shorten the nose from 1 to 2 inches and the fuel tank would come back in the fuselage, just had to cut out the former for the tank to side through. You can also lengthen the fuselage 1 inch.
This really helped balancing, nothing worse than adding weight to a airplane.

[NDW]

Originally Posted by Poppawang

I'm sure it'll go as well as the rest of the build has.
If it helps (and i'm sure you know looking at the great job so far) I find if you keep the heat of the iron fairly low it gives you more time to work and doesn't cause "premature shrink". (read whatever you want into that)

Andy

I find cold water gives me premature Shrinkage...
Were talking covering arent wee?
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[akabek]

A little more progress tonight. I have the sides finished off. I just have the horizontal stab and the buttom before the fuselage is done.

[akabek]

I removed the white u shaped striping on the side of the fuselage. It just looked out of place so I will fill it with something else. I finished covering the horizontal stab, rudder and elevator. I made a mistake when I assembled the vertical stab. I should have installed it further up on the fuselage so the rudder did not interfere with the elevator. Instead I cut the rudder at an angle to clear the elevator.

[akabek]

I am down to the home stretch. I finished the underside of the fuselage and covering the wing. I tried a few techniques and I had trouble with the underside of the wing. I overlapped the colors a 1/4" but they separated in a couple of spots. I will chock it up to learning. Overall I am pleased with how it turned out.

[akabek]

The elevator and rudder servo were mounted behind the wing. The remaining servos, switch, Rossi 40 and fuel tank were installed. Using my cutter I made up some decals. I will get an all up weight measurement. I just had to add 2oz to the tail for get the cg. Now I can pull the engine and put it on my engine stand to tune the pipe.

[4*60]

Very nice!