White waiting for the glass work to cure, I began planning the radio layout.

I've converged on using the following Hitec servos:
[ul][*] 4 x HS-65HB for control surfaces (ailerons, elevator and rudder)[*] 1 x HS-65MG for main retract gear[*] 1 x HS-55 for nose retract gear[*] 1 x HS-55 for throttle
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I've also quite conclusively decided that all 4 fuse servos will be mounted in a quartet arrangement in the back of the fuse in order to offset the weight of the engine. At the moment I have a gut feeling that the model may be nose heavy with a conventional radio layout and so I decided against installing the nose gear servo in the retract bay.

I'll make 2 radio trays - one for the servo quartet and switch and the other for the receiver, battery and voltage regulator (VR). I decided to go with an 800 mAh 2s Lipo and VR as the combination weighs between 10 & 30 grams less than an equivalent 6s NiMH 2/3A pack. An added benefit is a more constant voltage fed to the radio gear.

The purpose of using radio trays is that it will allow me to dynamically relocate the gear in order to achieve balance. The servo tray itself will slide on rails and will be pushed back flush against F3 or moved forward as necessary. It will be anchored at the front end via two small hardwood blocks on each side of the fuse - one mounted to the tray and the other glued to the rails. Two screws will then hold the tray in place.

For the Rx and Battery the intention is to be able to float mount them with foam underneath since receivers of this size are difficult to wrap against vibration.

Just spacing things out at the moment. I made a paper cutout as a battery template. HS-65's will go in the back and HS-55 toward the front.

to be continued...