Greg,

I'm sorry to hear about the bad news. What radio was the culprit? Did you find out what the source of the problem was (Tx, Rx)?

In any event, it seems like your intruder should do you just fine for SPA. If you build another Deception, you could contemplate making this one BPA style (well, I think of it as CPA).

I've been poking around with the Deception plans a little bit to modernize them a tad and be able to produce a laser cut (they're not quite there yet). I'm not sure if you scratched yours entirely or whether you had some of it cut. I have an original BHE kit but the more I look at vintage kits, the more I realize they are kitted with lead weights for wood. As a result I was actually contemplating either a Deception 30 (49" span - a larger more sensible version to the 15) for an OS 32 SX or a 45 (56" span) for one of several YS 45's that I have to put to use. If I had the appropriate header I could even use one of the RE YS's with the pipe under the hood much like Jim Kimbro's later builds.

Did you use spars for your stab build or was it sheeting over ribs only. I'm trying to decide how to go about that.

What's up with Ed's build?

David.