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good to hear from a few more little Tipo fans! I hope you're enjoying the thread Chuck. Thanks for your support and enthusiasm.

A little further progress this evening. I finished the white base layer on the fuse. A little tidy up work remains to be done on the fin LE strip but otherwise the fuse is ready for the colour trim.

I also drilled out and sanded the cooling hole in the canopy for the motor, battery and ESC. The hole exits the bottom of the canopy into the motor and battery bay via two ducts. I'm hoping that the ducted channel will blow air directly on to the lipo and on to the rear of the motor. A second hole is of course still present in the chin of the fuse to allow air into the bottom of the motor bay and back across the FW across the ESC.

I should be able to get the fuse trim done tomorrow and complete the covering of the model with the canopy. This last will be a fun exercise in MK stretching!

I can't decide what type of spinner to use - the electric I have has a bent backplate and spins untrue. I might splurge for an electric aluminum spinner and keep the bearings running smoothly.

In other news, the lipos have shipped! We'll have to see how long they take to arrive from across the pond!

David.