RE: YAK 54 TOC1
High turd,
I didn't cut out any excess wood in mine and I don't have the spinner on but I do have the wheel pants on(they didn't make as much of a difference as I thought they would. I put the rudder servo up tight against the canister tunnel, spaced the motor out to where there is almost an 1" of clearance, my batts(2) are on the motor box and I put in a carbon fiber stab tube and graphtec tail wheel. Right now mine balances at the back edge of the wing tube with the wings off and canopy on so it should be close. I will probably have to move it back some but I have yet to do a maiden.