After the untimely passing of my Tigger 2, I felt the need to have another Tiger in the hangar simply because it was such a great plane to fly. I had initially thought that the T2 was repairable, but the extent of the internal damage would have involved almost a complete rebuild. So I figured if I'm going to put that much effort into another one, it might as well be a bigger one. (That and a deal too good to pass up on a Saito .82) So I'm also going to share the construction progress as I make a few minor modifications along the way. My plans at this point (always subject to change) include larger control surfaces in the tail, pull-pull rudder, cowled side-mount engine, shorter wing with slightly less dihedral, and tail-dragger landing gear. Much of this is patterned after the modifications described in the Sept. 2006 Flying Models article by Alan Allman titled "Old Al's Tiger 60 Mods"
This will probably be a slow process as it tends to take me a while to find enough time to make substantial progress, but my goal is to have this done by spring.

Off we go...
I've barely started on the horizontal stab, but the first picture shows how the hinge stick is moved forward 1/2" to allow for larger elevator surfaces.

BTW - has anyone seen a Pitts muffler for the Saito .82?