I am waiting for my muffler to arrive so in the meantime I decided to finish all the electronics inside the fuse.

I decided to fuelproof the engine box area with water based Minwax Polycrylic in gloss clear. First time I try this product for fuelproofing and I really liked it. It dries very fast and looks much better than thin epoxy. It's hard to tell from the photo but believe me you can see the difference.

Right now I have the ignition battery on the rear shelf next to the receiver (I know that's not that good), but this is only temporary. I have plenty of wire (16 AWG) to move the battery around when it comes time to balance the plane. The ignition is switched with a FROMECO Badger failsafe slider switch. The receiver is powered from another FROMECO RELION 2600mAh LiIon pack thru a Reliaswitch regulator with a failsafe pin switch.

I'm using a Hitec 645MG for the rudder, which I know is a little lethargic but it will put out around 133 inch ounces of torque at 6.0V which should be plenty. When I get some extra cash I will like to swap it for an HS-5985MG which is a 0.13 sec. servo. On the choke and throttle I am using HS-81's which are fairly fast (0.09 sec. over 45 degrees). I had to install some simple 3/16" shims to accommodate the minis on a standard servo hole. I haven't installed the choke control rod because the muffler location may be of consideration in the cable routing.