A little more progress today...

Stab is ready for elevators (need some 3/8" sheet balsa) to be cut and sanded followed by stab tips which are ready to be glued and sanded.

Wing prep is finally complete. Servo wells, lead tunnels and retract linkage tunnels done. Given the small dimension of the wing, routing the pushrods in the wheel bays was impractical. There was also not enough of an angle to allow the rods to route away from the center of the wheel in order to clear the axle and collar. After staring and thinking of how to do this 100 different ways, I finally concluded to route the rods through the wing and over the top of the bays toward the center mounted servo. In manual tests it appears to work well.

Because the wing has had foam removed in the wheel area on the top and bottom, I've decided to reinforce it prior to sheeting using carbon tape. I'll run one strand along the bottom CG line between the aileron servo bays (ie below the servo lead tunnels) and another along the top between the servo lead tunnels and the gear pushrod tunnels. These strips will effectively act as spars.

Wing sheeting, LE, TE, and tips are ready for final assembly. In order to save a few $ on the wing/stab tips, rather than buying thick blocks, I bought two thinner balsa sticks - 1" x 1/2" (soft) and 1" x 3/4" (medium). The latter was used as is for the stab tips. For the wing tips I cut laminated the 1/2" and 3/4" sticks to form a 1" x 1-1/4" block and then cut the tips from this. The soft inner balsa will allow me to hollow the tip insides more easily while the harder outer block provides some resistance to knocks.

I'm looking forward to finished wing panels!

David.