ORIGINAL: VF84sluggo
Jack, just came in from finishing up the changes to my air system connectors and read your post. Glad to hear you like the jet. My setup is very close to yours. I see you needed 3/4 pound of lead in the nose. Did you melt down lead and pour it in a mould of the nose? I'm also going to look into adding a gyro. Probably my biggest worry is tracking straight on takeoff!
Tomorrow I plan on pressurizing the air system and check for leaks. I'm also going to finish hooking up the ECU and other electrical work. I still need to do something about the bird's nest of air hoses, aileron and flap servo leads in the wheel wells. I've been scratching my head over how to organize this stuff so that nothing gets hung on a wheel. I've got the BVM wing root air connector kit, but it sure looks like it would be easy to get it slightly misaligned and end up with a source of air leaks.
I found some fishing weights that fitted as if they were custom made for the plane. One is a 1/2 pound sphere and the other 2 are 1/8 pound bullet shaped weights. I put them together, wrapped them in bubble wrap and masking tape and velcroed them in the nose as far forward as possible.
I did't do the ez connectors for the air. I'm afraid they can leak if the wing moves. Since the wing has only one spar, it has a slight forward and back play that I think could disconnect the EZ air (I saw Jeff's L39 go through this and ended up belly landing, not pretty).
I'll try to post a picture on how I did my aileron wires. They are very far from the wheels. What I did is have the extensions in the fuse come through the lower hole in the rear former. Then I just connect and push them back again. No wires left in the wheel well.
And regarding the Gyro, I always use a Gyro on the nose wheel. To me, take off roll is the most dangerous and vulnerable part of the whole flight. Plus, a gyro on the rudder is always helpful
hurry up and fly your plane, you will not regret it!
Jack