Got some more progress today, although I did have to stay and work overtime at my job.
The front console now has vents for the lift fan, now I need to make the rear cover. I am thinking of making it a tad lower than the front onein order to accomodate the motor hanging directly above it. That motor now has a shiny aluminum mount that I made out of a peice of 1/8" flat bar. It is strong and light. I also worked on the duct a little bit, beveling the outer diameter and installing vertical mounts for the triple rudders. They will also be beveled, and shouldn't block the airflow too much. I did a weight chech and she comes in at 3.5 pounds - with everything in her except for steering wheel and other negligable accesories.

Hopefully I can get the rudders set up tomorrow and have some test runs inside the house.Then it's off to paint! This project seems to wrapping up quite nicely and is coming together without any major hitches... that may be a bad thing...

At least I have learned to test my models for function prior to messing around with their form... kinda