RE: Update: FEJ F-14 (Time is up!)
Just finished up my 1/5.5 FEJ F-16.
It is the full fiberglass version with carbon fiber reinforcements in the main wings & the entire mid-section of the fuselage (no honeycomb). I had the retracts converted to electric with Down & Locked here in N.C., doubled the landing gear formers, added extra hysol around the plywood formers for the rudder & elevator servos, replaced wood screws with blind nuts & compression washers for the aluminum elevator servo mounts, replaced all linkages with Hangar 9 titanium rods & Dubro heavy duty ball links, and cut access hatches on the bottom of the speed brakes to reinforce the elevator torque tubes & mounts with hysol.
Definitely spent more time inspecting/upgrading this airframe than I did my 1/8 FEJ F-16 which served me well. Looking forward to a great season of flying.
Hope to have my LTMI complete by Joe Nall or by First in Flight Jet Rally.
Greg Hames