A few final thoughts:

A recap of power train:

Rimfire 50-65-450 outrunner motor
6S2P 3200 mAh LiPo batteries.
CC 80 ESC, not using BEC: separate Receiver battery
15x8 APC electric prop

Construction thoughts.
If I were to build this plane again:

1. I'd substitute spruce for the center fuselage piece. There is some twist to the tail, but the cross pieces I put in help eliminate much of it. Spruce would add a little weight, but hopefully eliminate some twist.

2. I'd mount the servos further back in the cockpit. I mounted them as far forward as I could to keep from being tail-heavy. As it turned out, I didn't need to worry. Mounting the servos further back would make access to the receiver and receiver battery easier.

3. I would mount the aileron servos another bay or two inboard. Just to eliminate the servo extention. But that's trivial. When I use servo extension, I hold the extensions together with heat-shrink tubing. Works like a charm.

4. I would probably go with a simplier motor mount. I sometimes get too clever for my own good, and over think/engineer something. A simple flat piece with stand-offs would have been better and faster.


Covering thought:

I will NEVER cover an entire plane in transparent covering again.. I will probably use it for trim effects, but never an entire plane. I can understand what people say about seeing through the plane. I caught a break by using red and blue on bottom/top of wing. I can see into the wing, but I really can't see thru the wing. Which is kind of cool. I wanted to show off my building skils, and transparent (should be called tinted) covering allows that. It's just not good for an entire plane.

And finally, Pearl White.. yuck. I won't use that again, I should have just used solid white for the edges and trim. Oh well. I had it on hand.



Now... If I can only find somebody willing to maiden it....

Hmm.....