hHi Spotter:

Again, that is a terrific look Contender. Thank you for the tips. I will follow your advice.

I ordered, received and have looked at the Top Flite MonoKote "Secrets of Covering With MonoKote" CD. I will be using UltraCote, but the covering principals are the same.

I screwed the upswept tips on with six screws on each tip. I screwed them on from the outside in case I damage a tip
I can remove the tip, rebuild, recover and go on without distrubing the wing covering. I will cover the wing with tips installed. If you notice I added a 1" wide strip to the outboard tip of the wing from leading edge to trailing edge, on both top and bottom of the wing. This will enable me to cover the tip, top and bottom with a 1" wide grab surface on the wing. Then I will cover the wing overlapping the tip covering by 1/2".

I will take your suggestion and cover all the movable control surfaces before I install. However, I have already installed
a glued the hinges to each surface, the trailing edge, the verticle and horizontal stabilizer. I used the DuBro plastic
hinges with the cotter key. After covering and at installation I am going to use .046 wire instead of the cotter keys.
1 pc. .046 thru all hinges on each control surface. I hate those individual cotter keys.

Did you cover your hinge gaps?

Those pictures I asume were taken at your flying field in Denton. I would love to come fly there sometime. Our field is
an old reclaimed city dump. The grass is nice, but it is lumpy in places. I am just learning to fly. I am flying a Hangar 9, Alpha 60. I have not soloed, yet. I love building as much or more than the flying. I have a AT-6 and a Great Planes
Super Decathalon 40 to build next. Can't fly any of them, but I will someday.

Thank you, again for your help. Would love to see you fly the Contender. If you ar ever near Longview on a weekend,
come visit. Give me a PM and I'll give your directions. Maybe you could "buddy box" me.

Later