flyintexan

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Time for the battery tray. The laser parts included in the make a simple tray. I fitted the crossbraces to inside width of the fuse right behind the motor. I added some hard balsa triangle stock and tack glued the tray inside the fuse. I set the tray height basically even with the height of the motor. I secured the tray and support donuts with Hysol. The HV80 esc was mounted on a hard balsa and lite ply plate below the motor right behind the nose air inlets. I added a hard balsa plate across the back of the battery access area and mounted a Rx battery here. This may change but I really wanted access to it for the first flights. In the end I needed to fill the lightening holes in the battery tray to allow me to use full length Velcro strips on the tray..just my preference. I cut and fitted some hard balsa in these holes and used a little sanding block to get the surface smooth and flush. Everything is a rather tight fit so hopefully the CG will not need serious adjustment. I briefly picked up the loaded fuselage and thankfully the balance point is about a third back on the bottom wing saddle. That should be close enough to adjust with minimal equipment movement and/or added weight. As you can in the last pic, I added the included stab fences with some silicone glue. The included fence fixture worked very nicely. The kit includes a clear canopy that can be fitted as seen in another thread here on rcu. I'm not sure what I want to do exactly with the canopy so I used silicone glue to secure the stock fiberglass one for now until I decide later.