David,

PM sent.

Your plan looks excellent. I would like to build this plane. I currently have a small (own design) plane flying with a Magnum .15 that is a blast. Very portable.

I have decided to just build new fuselage halfs. The build quality of these is very poor, with mismatched butt joints. I also discovered that the original builder used 3/8 inch triangle stock on the top side of the fuselage side. I think he made the mistake because there is an error on the plan. There is a callout for 1/2 inch triangle stock but the arrowheads point to the 1/2 inch balsa top block! It will be difficult to carve/sand the fuselage to shape with 3/8 inch triangle stock - it would break through.

This may have been the reason for the original builder to abandon the build. It looks like he (or she?) was in over his head.

Mitch