When the Funtana crashed it was nose down. The engine ended up behind the wing with a broken crank. I won't go into gory details.

I ran into a large obstacle, the engine I had intended for this plane, an O.S. 46LA, is too small. The forward holes in the lug would sit out in space and the rear ones would be at the forward edge of the mount. My FA91 has a broken crank and the 100 is too much juice, even for me. I guess I cannot go cheap on this one.

I have made use of the time to prepare it for covering. I had not taken the time in previous builds to properly prepare the plane for covering. I usually gave it a cursury once over with 220, shop vac and then a towl wetted with solvent. In too much of a hury. Now that I have nothing better to do I actually did something with the 220. I even finish sanded with 500. I took it to work and blew it off with shop air and a little rubdown with tac cloth and WOW. I can definately see the diference. I think that the investment of a little time here was well spent.

Now lets see if I can get the coins for a 50SX before I am done with the rest of it. I would like to get a preliminary balance before I cover it, or at least the top of the wing.