Well after a year and 3 months I'm finally back on completing the Discovery jet. Shortly after I started this project last year we sold our house and moved into a smaller one. But I also got involved in screen printing t-shirts and my garage became a t-shirt printing shop leaving little room for model building. Also at the start of 2006 I started taking private pilot lessons with hopes of getting my private pilot license. Between my t-shirt business, flying lessons, work, and family life I had to put away the model building for a while.

However, I recently attended the Shreveport Jets 2006 event and seeing Barry's Reaction 54 burn hole after hole in the big blue sky it gave me a renewed drive towards finishing the Discovery jet. In my opinion Bruce, the maker of the Reaction 54, should have up sized the 54 to also handle the 18 to 24 pound thrust turbines. Currently the Reaction 54 only has enough room for the 10 to 14 pound turbines. At any rate I'm back on the construction of the Discovery jet and plan to sheet the wings and tail surfaces over the coming weekend and vacuum down the wings skins.

Below is a picture with the wings and tail surfaces temporarily attached to show just how big the Discovery jet is. The table the Discovery jet is sitting on is 4 feet long. I've read one post which says the wing is about as big as BVM's Kingcat so the Discovery should be a ***** cat in the sky.

You can also see more pictures on my website: [link]http://www.houstonhobbies.com/jets/discovery/discovery-jet-session5.htm[/link]