RE: Hostetler Extra 300XS 27%, 33% or 40%
Steve (or anyone else for that matter) - Looks like the 33% Extra 300 from Wendell IS a TUBE wing... Good news for you... Crap news for me... I should have asked in the first place. I really wanted a 27% with tube wing. Wendell advertises that he can plot plans to any scale so the 33% can be reduced to the 27%. I'm into this one pretty deep to bail out now. I'll just finish as-is... 80" isn't that big to worry about lugging it around. Hell, I fit a 72 inch wing in my Geo Metro just fine and that's sitting it from the back of the seat to the hatch! I'll just lay the seat down or better yet, the wife can do without the suburban for 3 hrs over the weekend!
I should have the rudder built tonight, and will start cutting on the vertical stab also. Epoxy cured overnight for the trailing edge sandwitch.
I ordered the fiberglass pieces and cowl from Fiberglass Specialties today.
MPB