Mike, thanks for the information and history about the Duelist, very interesting...


I'm glad you mentioned about the tail being a possible weak spot, I'll have to see what I'm going to do to beef it up a little, I have the same concern after building my CG Extra 300 that is now just about completed, it seems flimsy and is only sheeted with 1/16" balsa (very soft balsa sheeting used), I kind of regret not beefing it up more, but it is too late now...

I just finished the testing of Titebond glue, I soaked the test piece for about 35 minutes in warm water with amonia and none of the glue disolved when rubbing my finger on the glue joints so that is good.
But I'm afraid my test wasn't very sientific, I started to bend the wood and it held up good enough to follow the contour of fuselage but the Titebond 3 did snap the glue joint first, but that part of the wood was definetly harder wood than the glue joint of Titebond 2, it felt much more flexiable but it also snapped after bending it some more.

I do like Tiebond 3 best for building, but I did not test with CA Glue so I am still undecided which way to go.....


Thanks Juan, yes I'm going back to work so my building is going to slow down some, I hope to have the fuselage skinned this coming week if I can decide what type of glue to use.