Here she is! This is my newest plane. Its a 71" generic brand Sukhoi 31 that I picked up new at a swap meet the other day. And man I love Sukhoi's. It is pretty cheaply made and covered though,but oh well. Its got a brand new ryoby 31(pulled from a troy-bilt actually) with ignition in it. I currently have an 18x6W prop on it,but I think it could actually handle something bigger because its likes to swing it at over 7500 rpms which seems high for my conversion tastes for this engine. I have to richen it up a bit much to get it to not go any higher,so I'm kinda wasting power. Its almost like this plane was meant for a conversion engine because the cowl compartment is the perfect size and its a well made cowl. And I even cut out the cowl loovers for cooling. I did have to cut about 66mm off the front to move the firewall back far enough to accommodate the sharf length. I couldnt figure out a good way to choke this engine that I liked,so I hooked up the primer bulb and mounted it on the fuse which you can see in the pics. It seems to work great,but not sure if this is a good idea or not becuase I hate extra plumbing to go wrong. The motor mount was just kinda chopped out square and I wish I would have at least rounded the corners to make it look nicer,but it does the job. Had to drill out a hole it it to make room for the throttle arm throw. I made the hubs,stand offs,and muffler. Its a RCEXL(maybe mispelled,lol) ignition. I was going to use an XYZ,but figured I play it safe with the rcexl. She seems to balance about right with no extra weight maybe because of moving the firewall back and mounting the rx battery behind the wing. The plane weighed in at 13lbs give or take a pound dry. Yep,kinda proud of it and I hope it lasts awhile and runs good once I get it in the air and test it more.......

Now,I'm just afraid to fly it....think I'll let it take on the role of hanger queen for a week or two,lol.