Here are a couple more photos from today. The first just shows the relative position of the engine and firewall and the second shows where the rudder and elevator servos will mount. That is the rudder servo in place and i still need to build a walking beam for the pull pull controls for the elevator. Right now I'm planning on putting the battery up front in the engine box along with the fuel tank. The primary receiver will probably mount on the plate along side of the servos.



Here is a third photo showing the horizontal stabilizer in progress. In the original design of the Pfalz DIII a the root of the stabilizer is integral to the fuselage. I have since seen images on one of the WWI forums that show a spanwise taper on the stabilizer but I'm pretty much wedded to this one for this model. The structure of the fin is integral to the fuselage and passes through the root of the stabilizer. I'll need to get this in place in order to be able to temporarily install the rudder and elevator and set up the control cables and their exits through the fuselage. With the elevator in place it really has quite the whale tail.