RE: Contest deadline rapidy approaching!
After a good start I still only have a fuselage plug and two framed wing panels. Still have to make the fuselage mold and pull a set of carbon fiber fuselage halves from the molds. Oh well still a little time left.....I work best under pressure anyway :-)
Finally figured out how I am going to do the quick connect aileron linkage for the plug in wing panels. It is going to be a variation on how Europa does their linkage on the full size Europa. Doesn't require any connecting of linkages. Just plug in the wing panels and the ailerons are hooked up.
I have soaked the new AME .061 in Marvel Mystery oil and flipped it backwards a couple hundred flips per the break in instructions. Will be running it, on the test stand, for the first time this week. It does feel like it will hand start after the pre-breakin procedure. We will see.