I have really enjoyed this thread and the many tips as I build my Super Stearman. Have installed a B & B G26 with smoke (system not installed yet). I've been deliberately slow with this build. I want to do it right, and I am a newbie pilot and need to accumulate more tail dragger stick time so I don't want to have it ready for maiden before I am ready. The need for more experience was demonstrated Sunday when a cousin of Charlie Brown's kite-eating tree "reached out and touched" my converted Big Stik 60; removed the LG and took a bite out of the LE of the right wing[>:]. Repairs progress but also dictate delay of progress on the Stearman. Having just retired, I have plenty of time, plus the 60's plus weather we've been enjoying seems to be over. I am getting head shakes and stares from the Mrs. whenever she walks by - I think she wants the workbench/breakfastroom table back.