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That 2300 looks good.

No I did not glass the firewall as it is nearly 3/8" thick when all 3 firewalls are glued to gether and I did install triangle stock in on the front side.

As for the hinges, I did previously mention that I will be using Robart Hinges points in place of the CA hinges.

Another issue I have addressed is the location of the fuel tank. TT has it sitting in the bottom of the fusleage and SIGNIFICANTLY below the engine centerline by INCHES !

I installed a tray to raise the fuel tank to the engine mfg.'s recommend positon.

I have recieved and installed the Brison OS 1.60 Pitts muffler which only required a very small amount of the the wood frame to be remove (less than 1/16" ) to provide clearance and I must say that the final engine installation looks as if it was made for the Bare. The other bennift is that approx. 5/8" of the muff stacks exits the bottom of the cowl.

On the subject of balance, it turned out with all the mod's I have made, the balance can be achived just by moving the Rx batery around as detrimned by a preliminary C/G check.

Once I recieve the gear legs and install this will complet the project and I'm hoping that will come together by weeks end and I can put the test flights in on Sat.