Gents,

thanks for the positive and optimistic comments. Jason, my TX memory may max out one day but that will give me an excuse to pick up an X9303 .

David, I'm glad this thread caught your eye. I know you're fond of the smaller projects. It should be fun with the possible exception of things like engineering how to get all the gear in there! (I recently managed to install 4 servos, retracts, flaps and ailerons in a 1/2A FW-190 built up wing so I'm feeling optimistic. To compensate, that fuse is superlight. The model is electric and I expect AUW to be ~23-24 oz.)

My primary concern at the moment is the nose gear and servo as well as the fuel tank. As is oft necessary, I will be making the fuse wider than the scaled down width shows. F2 is just about 2" but the FW is narrower and I want a FW that is 2". There are no commercial tanks (that I've found) 3 or 4 oz in volume that require less space and I'm not going to put a 2 oz'er in there. I'll see what percentage I have to widen the FW and then scale the other two formers accordingly yielding a slightly wider fuse. Thanks for the ST thread - a great resource. It sounds like the 15 might do well on an 8x4 while the 23 on the 9x4 (@5% & castor). Actually I'm not sure a 9" won't be too long but perhaps an 8.5" will be ok.

Scott, if there's something I can do to help, just let me know. I think that little Deceptions (like little Tipo's) could be all the rage especially now that a sub 45 size pattern association is forming.

David.