see edited message above.....my parts should start coming in tomorrow i have all control horns mounted along with LG and Tank with plumbing waiting on parts....

So lets see if I understand. You are not going to cut the cowl? Or you are, but just enought for muffler outlet, but going to cut out the exhaust outlet in the cannister tunnel? I was not real clear about that and was hopping you would snap a few pics of that.

Still need to cut holes in cowl for the mufflers so yes i will have a few holes in the cowl but not a gaping one for air outlet thats where the cannister holes come in i asked tom about this he said thats actually a better way becaus cowl strength is not compromised also panzlflyer is doing the same thing in his and says it works great and his engine is running very cool

i am sure tom can explain it as well but you get the idea

So, those holes in the cowl can't really be enough, unless you have trimmed the exhaust tips right? The exhaust tips on my muffler won't allow the cowl to be put on.

Cut slots oval type for the mufflers and if you angle it right you can slide the cowl on, I just cut a little at a time until it goes on.
The other advantage is that with baffles and a few holes you dont have a bunch of air rushing over the carb causing issues.
You probable dont need the other slots but more exit the better imo

those are not the holes for my exhaust if you read my post i said i havent cut them yet i like the little slots they look COOOOOLLL lol but yeah air rushing over carb definitly a bad thing i ordered the carb plate from TBM just to be safe.... panzl: you said you can reach your choke thru the holes right i am not going to use a servo for choke have the smart fly kill switch also did you baffle the engine? could i see a pic of this if u did?

also i surfing around today i read somewhere that running a123 batteriesmore so 6.6v on your igniton can cause it to fail prematurely is there any truth to this?

I dont have a pic of the baffles but can take one tommorow.
Just used balsa.
DA says its okay..I called them and yes you can reach the choke thats why the holes are a little larger than needs be.

awsome was wondering bout the 6.6 volts yeah man take me a shot of them might as well have all aspects covered if all goes well i should have it ready in a week but theres no rush its still chilly here

graphics arrived today what do u guys think i dunno bout the N numbers yet i think they need to grow on me

looks good to me

thanks dude hey were u able to grab a pic of the baffles for me?

Hard to get a good picture..top baffle isnt as tight a fit as it could be, but works

hmm doesnt even look like you would need the top one ....parts will be here friday what did u do just paint it?

probably could go without it, although in the middle its about and inch, just painted it lightly, gas is not like nitro.

heres my progress engine and ignition is mounted lower baffles are done still undecided on upper baffles started mounting servos throttle is done along with left wing just waiting on my protractors to set up geometry love not having to completely hack up the cowl canopy is also done i used screws and E6000 glue from TBM i highly recommend this stuf it doesnt run all over the place like pacer and goes on clear so you dont have to worry about white spots that take weeks to dry on top of that any excess can be simply scraped away with your fingernail

Looks good GB. I am cutting my cowl today as well.

On your motor box, did you spray that or brush paint it?

Are you going to set it up for smoke? If so, do you match your smoke tank size to match your fuel tank size?

Have you got a feel for balance yet? I need to get an idea about balance and placement of equipment.

used a can of textured spray paint (light coat ) this stuff adds weight quick or like tom said use clear no smoke here you would have to ask panzlflyer about how his balanced as he has basically the same setup as me also got all ignition wiring routed and hooked up using a smart fly ignition cutoff i figured it would be lighter then a choke servo to cut the motor no problems reaching through the muffler holes i cut for the choke on my 41% it came out tailheavy because i had 2 5955's on each elevator but looking at the pics from panzlflyer it looks as tho his plane came out very neutral as his batteries are mounted close to the wing tubes

also managed to get the prop balanced last night which took about an hour this is my first time using the TBM prop only for break in and i dunno what it was but the hub would not balance for the longest time finally got it balanced

got the nice shiny new spinner on for a look see i will say this toms mounting template is spot on for this bird i was gonna put a spiral on the spinner but seeing how good it looks on the plane like this i may just keep it that way

Man you guys are killing me More great WH products getting ready for flight.

yep yep i cant wait just got done balancing that spinner had to put a bunch of grooves to balance it but all is well tomorrow i hope to have the rest of the servos hooked up....more to come

Looks great....

heres tonites progress "The making of the rats nest" ailerons are all connected ready to program same with elevators reciever "antenna's" mounted with double sided sticky foam and some ca will be hooking up rudder tomorrow night it sure looks nice without have 2 big switches in back just one tiny one with the AR9100 now the question is How do i drill the holes to mount the rudder servos? Tom, Any Suggestions?