It looks like it's going to be a wet Labor Day weekend so I"ll have time to work on my planes.

I too was thinking about a larger tank for my smoke system. If I move the rx and smoke battery's to the "lead box" in the cowl, that should open up more space in the fuselage and will put useful weight in the nose. They will have to be insulated from heat but otherwise this should work.

The battery's will be faster / easy to get to under the cowl than in the fuselage. IMHO removing the wings on this plane is a pain. I transport and store the Stearman fully assembled and ready to fly.

I like the copper preheater! I should have done this in the beginning. While the plane is apart I will install some copper tube and see if this makes a difference. I agree that this will be an interesting test.

Ross 3951