Looking fine. 13 X 8 is the prop size I opted for, too. Did you install your receiver ad battery as shown on the plans? I haven't tried to balance mine out yet. Hopefully tonight.

Semi-good news on the canopy. Outdoors it looks much less purple. Whew. (OK - so I'm kidding myself. That's my right isn't it?) My wife's "baltic green" car does the same thing. Blue at night under the lights at a gas station but green in sunlight.

I hope to begin covering next Saturday. I am dying to get this baby into the air! Fuel proofed the engine compartment and tank compartment with epoxy thinned with 30% alcohol. I added india ink to the epoxy for inside the cowl and it tinted the balsa gray. I think it looks better than raw balsa. I plan on doing the cockpit with balserite and a few drops of india ink.

Went out flying yesterday for the first time this year without skis. Had to hand launch (an RCM Trainer) and some of the landings were hairy as the ground was very wet. Sunk in over my hubs but did not flip. Kicked up a fine mess of mud.

Next project is pontoons.