Duane and Bill,

Everything takes longer.

After a couple false starts with a couple methods that didn't work as well as I hoped, I *finally* have the servo covers made and the servos installed on them, and the paper tubes for the servo leads installed in the wings, and all the *#$*%#@ little tabs cut off and smoothed. Will be sheeting the bottom surfaces soon. Considering all the fun I had with wood glue for the top skins, I'm going to use slow epoxy for the bottom skins.

Still deciding if I want to cut the servo leads and solder in the extensions, or just go with long ready-made extensions and make darn sure they can't come apart.

Much of the wing work would have gone more smoothly if I had waited to install the anti-rotation pins and the hold-down bolts until all the sheeting was on. Then I could have continued to use the wing jig. I won't make that mistake when I get the new wing components from Jeff. (Who seems to be swamped at his day job.)

Have also determined and trial-fit the servos and links for the elevator and rudder. Since the rudder is going to be pull-pull, I'm still working out how to/where to cut holes in the fuse for the wires to get to the rudder horns. Still need to determine the layout of the nose gear and throttle servos.

The engine compartment is pretty much finished and the nose gear trial-fit. I want to apply a coat of neutral (grey) paint and fuel-proof paint to the interior.

Basically, figuring out how to position and mount the servos and control linkages has been taking most of my time, since I haven't done it before and have to ponder everything at great length.

Cheers,
Richard