Progress.
All the stringers are installed on the top half of the fuselage.
I sanded the front stringers that make up the tapered noes.
One reason I used base wood on the spine top stringer F-123 is to give strength if when I put the plane in a cradle upside down.
This area is subject to stress and can crack.
On the balsa top four stringers from F-2 to F-3 I added some carbon fiber strips to stiffen these up. This is a weak area in my opinion so the added strength is needed
Both sides have the sheeting FS 1and FS 1a, FS 3 and FS 3a glued in, along with the two WSD.
This is all I will do until all the push rods are in and the inner cooler doors are installed.
Both carbon fiber inner cooler door layups are laid and curing.
I will cut them and back them with 1/32 birch ply. This will lock them in.
The frount underside chine gets base wood stringers for strength, this area will end up with a carbon fiber skin that will house the exhaust exits.
The servo tray for the elevator and rudder is just behind F4 and between F5. this location allows for the pushrod to be high in the top of the fuselage to clear the tail wheel when retracted.
It also gives a strait shot for the pull pull on the ruder and steering.
Onward.
TB