I now have both wing panels completed except for the tips. I started last night shaping one and have a photo of my progress. I didn’t know the best way to do it so I am doing it by hand with sand paper and a block but I think it is going well so far. Mostly matching up the thickest part of the wing to the tip and shaping from there.

Also started on the elerudders, have them glued together and have to shape them like the wing tips and then measure the angle, sand the joint to match and glue that.

I didn’t get as far as I wanted this past holiday weekend with all the good weather, BBQ’s, and flying. As you can see from the picture the weekend of flying didn’t end so well. Best we can tell the receiver battery went bad or developed a memory and died mid flight causing full loss of control.

I had just completed a roll and was starting a right roll for a turn at the end of the runway when it happened. The plane rolled upside down and then dove nose first into the ground at full throttle. It buried the engine a good 6-8 inches deep and about ¾ of the fuselage is now toothpicks. Wings might be salvageable but the fuse is shot.

This means I don’t have anything to fly right now and will have to either finish this or repair the trainer I have to at least get something flying again. Keep the comments coming, they have been fun to read and the tips have been great.

Anyone have a spare plane to lone me? haha