ok.... we need some updates!
1... if you are going to order flite-metal.... order it a year before you need it. Ordered in October, arrived in January...nuff said. Glad I got the product, but they have probably lost a future customer.
2. The first step here was to decide how I was going to control the control surfaces and motors, and get that setup in place. I decided to go with HS-85MG servos for the ailerons, 1 mounted in each wing. The initial design had the ailerons powered from the center section by 1 servo.. however the friction, possibly from corrosion over the years, made this setup a bit stiff... I chose to pull it out and put in some electrical wires through the tubes to connect up to the servos....
we also pulled out the old routing for controls to the throttles... and replaced them with electrical cables for the ESC's and retracts....
this wing was a trial run so I opened it up a bit more than I wanted to ... The next one should be be cutup a bit less... overall though not a big deal, some 3/32" balsa and a bit of fiberglass cloth and you'll never be able to tell...
The big thing I'm trying to decide right now is battery location... whether to put 2 batteries in the outer pod and route between the two, or 1 in each pod. Its a bit tough because the max length I can fit here is 125mm... which limits me to about 2200ma batteries, but I can fit 2 in each pod. Right now I'm leaning towards having 2 batteries in each outer pod and routing between the two.. that will leave room for retracts in the center.. also cuts down a bit on weight since I would have smaller batteries overall.
next up... finishing up the mechanicals on this, and then get to priming.