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Third time lucky and I am almost there. Unfortunately the keeper will not fit and allow the servo to work, a bit more thinking required I think. Steve

Wing servos all mounted on their plates, the right way around I hope. Next is to make up the control rods and hopefully they will be the same length. 🤣 Steve

Yes the flaps have to be mirror images because of the position of the control horns, which means I cannot use a Y lead and I will need a seven channel receiver.

Repeated for the second flap. Steve

First flapper servo mounted on its servo plate. And the screws filed down. Steve

Delivered and unpacked, WOW, I have to lay down now. Not a lot of weight for the money but I guess that's the clever bit. Steve

That's good Doc, my build is here. Steve

Delivery today 🙂

Just ordered from Hyperflight.😊

Hi Doc, I have been looking at your website and the Forza caught my eye as it is about the right size for me. I am an average club sport flyer and wondered if this will be suitable. The electric version is essential as I fly from a flat field and chase thermals. Steve

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IMO trouble free is exactly the way I will describe their products, as to management philosophy, of which I have no knowledge, I can't say.

IMO there is no point as we have excellent service from T9 and I like many others have never had any problems with FrSky.

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I now have a set of accurate scales which have enabled me to weigh some of the wood, it does not weigh much and therefore confirms what both John and Ron said. Where to go from here is now the question. I think I will remove as much wood as possible and see if it does not fall apart in the air, hopefully not. For me this is just adding to the fun. Steve

I would not have been given a choice there would not have been any discussion regarding wind speed. Nothing could go wrong.

Thanks Tom, that is very helpful please report how it flys now. Steve

'Balance...see leverage...' I am not sure what this means.

Thanks for all the input guys. I have had issues with the HS 81 gears stripping and I'm now very reluctant to use them. I particularly liked the grabber plate and wing bolts as this is how I intend fitting the wings. In the photo I did notice the small servo fitted to the rear of the fuselage, was this for reasons of balance? I am comparing electric designs with IC designs. I'm considering the notion that weight is added where strength is required. The hard part is working out where extra wood has been added just to increase the weight where it is required. Steve

Buying a kit is like buying a box of chocolates. I expected the main wing spar to be the traditional quarter inch and 16th webs much to my surprise the main spar is a 1/8 inch comb design that was used in the sky 40, which put me off that model. I am thinking of using the traditional design and modifying the ribs to suit.🤔 Steve

It's still flying better than ever I went back to the 10x5 prop and removed all the packing on the trailing edge, this made it land itself with only a couple of skips. To stop the ballooning up I increase the down thrust. It now flies in a controlled manner and has become a beauty. The addition of the ailerons has made it a aerobatic model, it will perform rolls and spins. It has become a joy to fly and my go-to model rivaling even The Ohmen.

Thanks John, you have confirmed my own thoughts but it is good to have some numbers to be more objective. I was wondering about fretting out the fuselage sides behind the wing just for the sake of it. I am now looking at the amount of birch ply which in my opinion is somewhat excessive when I compare it to the mini super and how little ply was used in that design. Steve

Now we have two sides a left and a right. Did someone mention my favorites subject that is right thrust and also down thrust. I have measured and calculated the thrust lines on the plan and to the best that I can work it out they are both two degrees which would not surprise me so that is what I am going to build in. In comparison to my previous builds I do believe that this is going to be a relatively heavy model and I was wondering is this because it's an IC design whereas electric designs do tend to be lighter and if this is the case how to reduce the weight. One first way is to use smaller servos than the ones shown on the plan. The sheeting on the fuselage is a lot thicker than I am used to and I was wondering if I could reduce the weight behind the wing without affecting the strength.🤔 Steve

Excellent Tom.

The first side complete Turn it over and place the second side back to back And add all of the parts to the second side and make them identical. Well that's what the instructions say make it sound easy. Steve