n57tc sounds like he is in the same shoes so to speak as me , first giant scale gasser, and would rather add a bit of weight for piece of mind and not have any " what if " thoughts floating around in his head while flying. I too am going with a similar set-up except I am using 2 lion packs for the receiver. 1500 nimh for ignition, 5955-tg's all around. I was going to use the same throttle/choke servos as him but after talking to a couple of local club members decided to go with analog servos as I was told that digitals that close to the engine was a no-no. It seems that the the digital servos in close proximity to the high vibrations of the engine will cause the servo to constantly fight to center itself causing higher battery drain and possible failure. Any comment on this?

I am going pretty slow on my build as I didn't really comprehend the size of this plane and I am a paraplegic and working on this thing requires alot more time with all the maneuvering I have to do in my wheelchair and positioning the plane into a comfortable work position. One question I have is the position of the fuel tank..... could someone post a picture showing how and where they mounted theirs?

I also messed up one of the landing gear legs. I drilled out the rear holes in the brackets like Tom recommends but the rear bolt on the left leg decided to strip out about 3/4 of the way in... no way to get it out, at least by myself. I am a T-3 paraplegic which means I am paralyzed just under the arms ... no trunk muscles . I have no balance at all and installing the gear was a real pain for me ( my next plane will definitely be one with a single piece gear that has an easier attachment system ) My DL-50 arrived today ( sorry Tom I already ordered from DLUSA when I got your E-Mail ) but not far enough along to mount it yet. I still have one wing to hinge ( really not too happy with the pre drilled hinge holes maybe one or 2 on the whole plane are actually on the centerline ) I actually had to plug and re drill 3 of them they were that far off. the holes look like they were drilled with very dull bit as the wood looks like it was chewed out rather than cut like my fixed holes .

Anyway I will break out the camera tomorrow and take some pictures of the progression so far

Cheers