Final Assembly


I hooked up everything up for an initial ops check. I was shocked to find that everything was working as planned including turbine telemetry! That rarely happens for me on a new jet.


I flipped it all over to check the gear system. All the gear and doors worked correctly.


No way to hide the rats nest. For now the battery is under the cockpit but I expect it will have to move to the nose for proper balance.


I was trying to give the aft end of the pipe a darker color to blend in with the model nozzles. I sprayed primer on the back end and then intended to give the back end a light dusting of the "oil rubbed bronze" color. However, the spray can started spitting large drops so I had to go with a spotted coat darker than planned.


Turbine and pipe installed with electrical and fuel connections. I still have to heat shield the ribbon cables to the wings.


BVM Heat Shield painted on bottom of the foam plug that lives under the rudder.