They haven't steered me wrong with an airplane yet, and every time I walk in with a question, one of the guys has the answers. BTW, for a plug, it's Debbie's R/C world in VA Beach, if you're in town, I highly recommend a visit!

They're calling for 5 5/8" distance from firewall to back of thrust washer, best I can do with AX is 4 1/2 inches. Will have to see how it sits in the "cow".

I didn't really like the way the stock pushrods were done, and I wanted to try gold-n-rods, so this was a perfect opportunity. I also opted for WM adjustable clevises, I liked the way they worked on my SS 40. I want to use a throttle cable, but will require remounting cable sleeve. Might do that anyway as it sits below the fuel tank, and will require a major bend in the throttle pushrod anyway. Trashing stock tank, too small and I don't care for the nylon tubes. I salvaged the tank from my Avistar, and that, with a new sullivan stopper, is going in. A little larger, and fits a little looser so I can get some foam around it.

but all in all I'm really impressed with the overall quality of the building. I did run some epoxy around the firewall, landing gear and wing mounts, and the formers that support the landing gear. I'll get the thin CA out tonight and go over as many other joints as I can get to, then it's on to fuel proofing the tank compt. I see the firewall is painted with some sort of gray paint, but I just varnished over that, didn't know if it was fuel proof or not and don't want ot find out the hard way!

Landing gear is held on with metal bolts, replacing with nylon.

Wish they had included some edging around the cockpits, it was a simple cheap fix and it looks a whole lot better in my opinion.

Andy