Started on the Fuselage on 11/22/05

1/08/05. Aileron assembled, more fuselage details including "wire" rigging.  I used kevlar cable instead of the supplied steel cable.  Much lighter in weight.

12/28/05.  Finally got the firewall and all the motor attachments done, lots of fiddling.  Ran the engine on a test stand setup.  Started right up and ran well.  Drilled the uprights for the lower wing attachments and it fit perfectly.  That's a relief.

All the parts are stained with "golden fruit" dye based stain.  The cross pieces are mahogany stained.  Some of the major uprights are painted gloss black.

4/3/06 - Working on the slow parts - the front aluminum plates.

5/31/06 - Most of the radio and innards are installed

7/23/06 - After many months of fabrication and fitting the Aluminum fuselage panels are attached.

The spars are notched by hand using a razor saw and a small x-acto flat blade knife

Progress as of 12/7/05

The Roto-25 just fits...

I doubled up on the attachment point for the engine mount brackets.

Epoxied plywood brackets to the uprights and the firewall face.

After staining:

Rear deck stringers added

The fuel dot, rpm indicator from the Roto 25 electronic ignition module and the rcats ignition switch.

Fuel filter

Receiver box (JR mini 7 channel)

Choke servo and linkage (micro servo)

Throttle servo, ignition and battery boxes up front and Ralph Vanemanns prop plate.

Ignition and dual receiver battery switches

Rudder and elevator servos.