ORIGINAL: patternflyer1

They are pretty straight forward really. I usually start with what is built into the thrust ring at the spinner and set my wing and tail incidence off of that. It's a good starting place anyway. Use good glue inside the fuse. I don't use five minute. I use west system usually, mixed most times with micro balloons. The stronger the glue joint needs to be, the less micro balloons I use. I generally sand the spot where a firewall goes lightly. Clean it well and then glue in the firewall. To do this, after figuring where it goes on the firewall, I mount the motor to the firewall. I hang the plane vertically. I use a balsa 1/16'' spacer the exact size of my spinner to space the motor away to get the alignment the same as the fuse. The spacer obviously goes in between the spinner and fuse nose ring. I put a prop ( I have one cut super short) on with the spinner and spacer. You may know all this, but maybe it helps someone who doesn't. Fire away if you have questions. Call me if you need. I am almost done with this house flip so I can get back to having a life again soon. This should be my last week on it. Taking tomorrow off to relax and go flying though! Second day off in over a month. Happy to be working though!

Chris