Installed nose door and pulled all wires


Keith did a great job with the CAD fit of the nose door into the bottom of the main tank. I'm very happy with the fit of both tanks.


I glued a balsa strip over the top of the turbine bay to shield the rudder servo wire and brushed BVM Heat Shield on top of turbine bay.


OOPS! I forgot to install the ribbon cables to the wings before installing the heat shield over the turbine bay. I had to cut out the middle of the balsa strip to get the ribbon cable plugs in the hole.


I've use the ceiling fan pull chain method to fish wires through wire channels for many years. So far it has never failed to snake through the channel even when curved inside a foam wing. It worked well here. I wrapped the chain around the ribbon cables and ECU cable, taped it on, dropped it into the channel, and pulled the wires through.


Pull here!


Remove tape and it's done.


Ribbon cables installed and balsa heat shield repaired. I recoated with heat shield paint later so the cuts are hardly visible.


Started hooking up the Freewing board, Jeti receiver, and XIcoy turbine module. The Freewing board will run the lights and gear system. All other controls are from the Jeti REX12A receiver. The wire labels applied earlier in the build were really helpful. Looks like an explosion in a hook up wire factory here!