Majortom.. thanks for the input. The main reason for using the servo's that I am using is because I had them... lying around. The standard servo's are alread installed in other aircraft. I bought these servo's to put in the Excelleron 90 that I bought and intend to put together this winter. The Venus is a pattern practice plane, although from what I read, performed very well in the Sportsman category, which I am.
I intend to use what I have learned from the build of this aircraft on the Excelleron. It's interesting that they are almost the same in appearance and what is necessary for build experience except in a larger scale and it does have the pull-pull system using cables vs the wire system on the Venus. Oh, the new Venus has only one pushrod for the rudder but a dual setup metal pushrod for the elevator.
The fuel tank does exit at the firewall, however, I put in 'bent' metal tubing pointing toward the right side of the aircraft where I can exit the cowel, make that loop, then reenter the cowel adjacent to the needle valve, which on the OS50 is on the rear of the engine. That reminds me.. I have to make sure I put the wire extension on the needle valve adjustment screw so I can get at it.
As far as the battery is concerned, again, it is one that I bought for the Excelleron 90 (5 cell so 6 volt, 1100mah) system so I will just stick with that.
Yes, this plane is VERY light. I was impressed with it yesterday when I put the wing on with the engine, three of five servo's, receiver, and battery, then lifted it. I was expecting something on the order of my Tiger 60 but this is much lighter. I will definitely weigh it when finished just to see how it turns out.
I've heard suggestions from 11-8 to 13.6 props. Not sure what one I want to turn on this yet... have all sorts ranging in length/pitch combinations so I can just about try any combination until I get what I want.. or what I seem to think I want...
I will report next week, if I do finish it this weekend, and let everyone know how it turned out and how it flew... pictures included.
DS.