Thanks for the interest! Minn, you know, now that I look at it compared with the other trainers out there, you are right it is a shoulder wing! I don't know why I didn't see it before. By the way, thanks again for giving my Snoopy some speed. Every time I see him, it brings a grin.
Sukhoi, I think you probably have a good idea about building the plane as a trike, but I just can't get past how goofy it looks in the picture with the nose wheel![:'(] I have always loved the looks of the airplanes from the golden age of the 30's. They were such beautiful works of art! I'm just gonna have to make sure I get lots of practice on the sim and then hope it transfers over to the field. I think I'll do fine. I didn't have too much difficulty with the first plane that I built, and it was a tail dragger, too.
Eva really has been great for letting me use the counter top. We have an agreement, I watch the kids for her in the morning so she can get some sleep after getting up all night long for our 7 month old and I get to spread sawdust all over the kitchen!
I try to make sure I get it all cleaned up each night for her, though. Building sure does create a mess! It sure would be nice to have a shop!
Here's where we are tonight. We have the vertical and horizontal stabilizers mated up and the elevator assembled. All pieces are still in need of shaping and finish sanding. Today, we started work on the left wing panel. If I had ever convinced Eva that I knew everything about anything
, I blew it today! I already had to make two trips down to the hobby store to buy balsa. It really sucks when you find that you just glued your self into a corner. I don't remember having this much difficulty building this plane 10 years ago! Maybe its the fact that I think I remember how I did it. Better start paying attention to the details, or I'll end up building two left wings.
The important thing is to have fun (which I think we are successfully accomplishing), and enjoy our time together. I just can't wait to see this thing taxiing around!
Safebet, when you start to build be sure to keep us posted on your new contender. I want to see some pics!