Getting close...

Here is the fuel tank install. We put a padded spanner in the front to hold it down, then put a gusset with a pad on the back of a screw-on strap in the bulkhead. The strap has a notch, and a cap piece has the throttle cable epoxied into it. Easy to disassembly is necessary. We nned to add a stop to keep the tank from moving to the rear.

Got the cowl all cut out and mounted [sm=lol.gif]. Right side has fuel tap and needle valve extension, left side is clean. Bottom has head cutout, exhaust pipe and crank drain. The paint on the cowl is very brittle and peels easy. See all the chipping around the head cutout. BTW: Previous photos show the exhaust pipe with the elbow on top. Had to reverse it to get in on the bottom so it missed the cowl.

Question for you pros... Do we need to put any additonal vents for better airflow in the bottom?

New problem [&o] : We know the motor is mounted dead right... but to get the cowl to center about the prop hub, it had to be pulled down such that the top cowl has a big bulge and gap over the top of the fuse at the rear. You can see the bulge in the two upright shots. I had this problem with my first Funtana, and the only way to fix it was to take off the skin and sand the top front fuse profile so the cowl is relaxed and not strained, then recover the fuse. Does anyone have a better idea how to fix this?

We have looked far and wide. We can't match the color of this top vane of blue. Ultracote, Monocote & others don't match. We found some Monocote decal sheets that do match, but that won't work for this. We need to find out what this stuff is, and get some to fix this. It will fly like this, but it looks bad.