I can definitely post some pictures tonight. I think I will actually have this plane completed tonight as my covering materials just arrived in the mail today. I'm doing transparent blue with silver trim instead of white. I was going to use some black trim as well, but things were getting too expensive...

I'm going to be adding a Dubro micro steerable tailwheel instead of the tail skid the plan calls for. I will couple it to the rudder using a small pushrod. Other changes I made include vertical grain shear webs instead of horizontal, and a "reinforcing strip" that hides a nasty hole I put in the fuse when my the edge of my sandpaper caught [:@]. I also swept the landing gear forward a few degrees using basswood chocks glued to the fuse sides. The basswood also reinforces the landing gear area better than the balsa strip the instructions say to use.

The electronics are all installed. I've been cycling one of my battery packs by charging it fully and then discharging it by holding the plane in place and running the motor with propeller attached at 3/4 throttle. Doing it this way takes about 10 minutes with the motor running continuously. If I get 10 minutes of flight time I will be more than satisfied.

Tonight I will cover the wings and fins, attach the tail feathers to the fuse, connect the pushrods to the rudder and elevator, and find the balance point for the battery pack. Hopefully I will be flying it this weekend.

James