Mike,

thanks for the insightful info.

Chuck,

I have the kit too so I'll eventually build it some day. In my case it will probably be a YS or perhaps my Hanno what with this being a large plane. I dare say that I have also considered electric power but the battery situation might be a little tedious. It would be somewhat similar to Jeff's Aurora in terms of removing a belly pan to access the fuse for battery swapping. The one thing that is nicer about Jeff's setup is that he has plugin wings in his Aurora so the fuse is immediately accessible once the pan is removed. In our case, it may be conceivable to access the tank area by lifting the pan and, although I haven't studied it, perhaps batteries can be swapped thorugh that opening with the gear extended.

I do intend to make it a trike - probably pneumatics.

What happened to your wings? If your wing is built, I could send you core templates for a new wing. Dan could no doubt cut you a nice set. Also, is your wing fully sheeted or is it built as per the plans with partial sheeting?

Rusty,

looking forward to your build too.

David.