I am just finishing up mine right now, up to mounting the engine (the new Fuji 50). I would like to thank all of the posters in this forum, and Ann Marie. I needed some advice on wing incidence, and immediately found it doing a search. My numbers are the same as most others. I was concerned about the wing attachment points, and cut away in the area of a couple of the attachment point little marking holes. In my lower wing, there were not “square blocks”, but a hardwood rail that supports the #4 screw under the sheeting. I could see how perhaps in the factory, if the point was marked just a bit off, or the rail is off a tad, you would be screwing into the sheeting, and after hardening the hole with c/a per the instructions, it might appear you are in solid wood. I very carefully ensured I was in solid wood for all the mounting points. As confirmation of this theory, when I installed the main landing gear, and carefully marked off the six holes, two of them failed to meet up with the hardwood rails underneath, being off just a bit. I moved the landing gear around, about 1/8 of an inch and everything is now in solid wood. Please be careful when locating the holes and double check you are going into solid wood.

I also replaced the tailwheel set up with an Ohio Superstar piece, much better. I have the GP suggested set up in my ¼ scale Giles, and it is not acceptable for grass. Acts like a tailskid rather than a tailwheel.

A careful preflight when assembling for the first time of the day, and then check it over real good after each flight should catch anything before it happens. This is a big airplane, and a wonderful piece. Flown appropriately, it should last a long time.