The last time I routed an antenna "to length" I used some plastic pushrod tubes to guide the antenna forward on the port side, then across to the starboard side, then down to the bottom of the fuse then out. It's amazing how quickly a few little runs like that will eat up some of the length.

I watched Greg Koontz fly his Super Decathlon at an airshow I my club participated in a couple of years ago and was amazed! I've been hung up on the Decathlon ever since...

Good work!