I agree, there are way too many screws, but that’s what you get with a bipe. It takes a while at the flying field to get the plane together but it’s not only all the screws. If you’re going for 4 ailerons, the linkages between the lower (master) and upper (slave) ailerons are a real pain. It seems no matter what, they always required adjustments after reassembly of the plane. The real fix for this is a trailer so that I can keep the Stearman in one piece and also bring other planes to the field.

I tore my Stearman up last summer and in the process of rebuilding. Changes that I made that are on topic are adding micro servos in the top wing (I used a charging jack mount in the wing to plug the servo lead into the top wing), using hollow aerodynamic aluminum tubing JB welded together for the struts, and aluminum attachments which slip into the tubing and are bolted to the ply ribs.

Cheers,

Jim