Chris,

Thanks for the suggestions.

I have liberally coated the entire nose section with epoxy and will continue to monitor the firewall for delamination -- it sure looks strong to me in its current configuration.

I already reinforced the dowels themselves -- inserted the wood dowel into carbon fiber rods and installed them into the wing. I did this because I wore groove lines in the dowels on my US 60. I have also thoroughly coated the wing dowel plates themselves with a liberal coat of epoxi -- again I will keep a close eye on them and endeavor to try to strengthen them even more.

How did you mount the Moki 2.10 and how much of the cow did you have to carve? I asked this because I am using the provided engine mount and find that, although the prop shaft lines up in the center virtically it is a little bit low horizontally. I will have to mount the cowl with a very slight down angle to center the shaft. I also had to carve the cowl on the left side to make clearance for the bottom of the cylinder when the engine is mounted sideways -- I will probably carve an opposite slot on the top of the cylinder as well for good airflow

Your thoughts???.