Hi blwblw,

Thanks for the suggestions. On my current wing i have planned to cut the ailerons short of the wingtips by one bay and extended the wing tip blocks to suit. I was interested to read your thoughts on the rudder, an idea i was toying with for the elevator and rudder was to incorporate the elevator tips into the control surface and same for the rudder like you see on some of the real aerobatic planes. I really had thought of this just for the cosmetic look, but will of course increase the control surface area, any thoughts given your experience with the Kavalier??

I had read about using pine blocks for the main gear with nylon bolts too but hadn't thought about moving it rearwards, will take a look at that when it comes to it. As for the engine I have an O.S 4.46AX i can transplant from my trainer but i'm seriously considering a four stroke .56 like you used. I want to build a Page Aviation Gee Bee Z next and the .56 is ideal for this so may well end up picking it up now. I think you sent me some info previously on mounting the .56 in the Kavalier and extending the fuselage a 1/2" past the firewall to contain the .56 under the cowl.

One idea i had, but haven't really looked in detail if its possible, is to mount the front gear on the rear of the firewall with the control linkage beneath the tank. It looks like space is pretty tight on the front of the firewall plus i picked up a fults nose gear which requires a little larger footprint than the stock gear. This would result in the nosegear being about 1/2" rearwards of its stock position which could be offset by moving the main gear rearwards - any thoughts?