Well, we are at the stage where the less glamorus aspects of building take place. Those of you building the TriPacer per the plans can skip this posting. You who are not happy with balsa stick pushrods might be interested in the way I installed mine. For starters, I found it necessary to switch my servo positions for the rudder and elevator. The plans have the push rod ends going through two pre cut holes in the aft bulkhead. These holes line up with slots burned in the fuselage sides. There are two slots on each side. You punch out the one that lines up with the holes. Because my nose wheel steering cable comes in on the starboard side I felt that I should place the rudder servo on that side as well. That meant that my rudder pushrod had to exit on the opposite side from where the kit was engineered. To make this story short, I had to drill new holes in the aft bulkhead. One lower and one higher than the stock holes. The reason for this is simple, I will not cross pushrods. Lots more work for me, but cleaner, I think.

The first photo shows the pushrod bracket I made and glued to the removable servo tray. it is 1/8 th basswood and a 1/4 sq. stick.

The second photo shows an intermediate brace C/A'd across the rear cabin former. It is a scrap piece of 1/8 th. balsa with a 1/8 th by 1/4 strip glued along the top edge as a stiffener and lightened with holes.

The third shot is of the fire wall being mocked up. Steering and throttle cables, fuel lines and remote glowplug igniter wire. ayou can see the igniter jack on the side of the fuselage.The messy area above the jack is where the remote fuel fill valve will be mounted.

The last picture is of the receiver antenna leadout. It will be glued to the fuselage spine at a slight angle, the antenna will run out and back to the vertical stabilizer and attached using a DuBro hardware set.

Almost ready to cover the fuselage and start final assembly