Hello all,

The stork delivered the kit today. It came through without any damage and it was very nicely packaged. The plane is a little smaller than I imagined; I guess that I had not taken into consideration that the wing cord would be so narrow. I took a quick look at the plans and it is going to be a cute one once it is done. For those of you who are familiar with the GSW Formosa, the plane in very similar in size. The baby Curare is probably a little longer in both respects, but because of the narrower cord of the wing, the area seems to be about the same.

I went to the hobby shop today to take a look at the E-flite electric retracts and they are definitely too big for this bird. I could use a smaller mechanical set, but given the size of the wing I am a little concerned about weight. I will probably go with a fixed gear version. For power, I think that an E-Flite Park 480 would work well on a 3S 2100 mah battery. I will probably modify the fuselage slightly so that I can mount the motor to directly to the nose. This would probably eliminate most of the firewall hopefully saving me some weight. All in all, a very nice little kit. Once I start working on it, I will do a build thread.

In the mean time, should I use Epoxy, Polyurethane or wood glue to skin the wings? I have done Expoxy in the past and it worked, you just have to make sure it is thinned and spread properly. I have heard of people using Polyurethane glues as well. Is Shorgum similar to carpenters glue?

Thanks,

Teo