This is the laser cut short kit by David Oxilia I am building this winter. The kit has been on a shelf waiting for my Super Chipmunk to be finished, but because my builds are generally long, this might take a while. I've always wanted to fly pattern and love the looks of the planes, when I got a chance to buy this I jumped at it and plan on flying this in CPA events with a pipe and retracts using a Aviastar .46 for power... yes, you read correct...it is big and heavy and made in China, but I have one in the box so it will see some time in the nose until I can get a more traditional engine. I am taking donations for the YS now though and can be talked out of it...

I started with the vertical stab and rudder just because the parts were literally falling out of the stock sheet. I found that all of the cuts are clean and most need no help coming off the sheet at all, a little sand paper clean up and they are ready to glue.



Next, I laminated the side panels and glued the tri-stock in place. Once the glue set I set the sides up and sanded them to level everything up.



Once I was satisfied with the panels I test fit the bulkheads and made a balsa wedge for joining at the aft end. After the glue had set I then wet the panels with water and pulled them together to set the shape as shown in the image on the right.