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Rudder control system continued...The interior of the fuselage features a plywood tray which is pre-cut for servos, battery and rx, switch, special K& S tank and throttle servo. Please note that the elevator servo is patiently waiting for the Troy Newman DEPS elevator system (as in premier installer, not the originator although he may be...) which will be installed by Troy next week in Phoenix.

I almost forgot to fuel proof the inside. I use the Z-Poxy finishing epoxy with K&B superpoxy thinner (very hard to find) to about (1) part of A and B to (2) parts of thinner mixed in (1) ounce plastic cups. Epoxy brushes are available at Home Depot but do not get them in the "paint" section because they are twice as much than if you go to the "plumbing" section.

I remember the first YS installation in a Godfrey Custom built Lazer in 1988. In my excitement to fly it, I lost track of the fact that I had pumped about 1/2 gallon of fuel into the fuselage! I noticed it coming out of the tail. Yes, fuel proofing is always a good idea.

Rusty's toy airplane rule #7: Only fuel proof airplanes that you want to keep.

The battery/rx tray is installed with the straps and material has been removed from the tray in front of the receiver for the servo wires.

Rusty's toy airplane rule #11: Servo wires will find every sharp corner of your model and demonstrate the results at the least convenient opportunity.

Large fuel tubing, cut in half, is pushed onto the tray to prevent rule #11.

Discussion about investing in fuel proofing: Troy took the model home from the Sun Valley Flyers Field on Monday or Tuesday evening 2/19...Wednesday evening Arch Stafford began staying with Troy. Thursday moring they gave me a TON of (##&^*&) about my excessive use of epoxy to fuel proof the model...I said it didn't add 1/2 an ounce...well the final weight ended up to be 9 pounds 14.5 - 15 ounces...


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