Next I moved on to mounting the motor and esc. The Torque 2818/900's radial mount now matches the hole in the motor mount perfectly. Simply align the two together and mark your holes and drill them out. The mounting hardware is supplied and works like a charm providing a very secure mount of the motor. The Airboss Elite 45 will be offered with the package combo's that Ben will be selling soon through 3DHS. One nice feature about the Elite 45 is that it can run up to 5s lipos on the internal bec (sweet). Not only will this save you money in the long run but it will also save on weight for those who normally run their planes on seperate bec units.
The only things left to complete are the mounting of the servos (HS-65Hb's all around) as well as control horns and pushrods and attaching the cowl and connecting up the rx and wrapping up on a few little details. The wings attach to the fuse with just two plastic thumb screws and have one small wooden dowl per wing half that acts as the anti-torque pin. This is slightly different then previous 3DHS planes which used two plastic thumb screws per wing half. The wings mate with the fuselage perfectly with no gap to worry about. There is also plenty prop clearence as well with the 13 x 6.5 prop. Someone could easily use a 14" prop on this plane should they need to with the stock gear.
I decided to do a mock up of the Extra SHP as this build has been going so quickly that I am hoping to have it done by mid-week at the lastest (probably earlier).
The Extra really is set off with the new Hyperion 40mm spinner. It gives the Extra that additional scale touch and is very light weight. The Extra looks like it is ready for flight just sitting on the work bench. This is indeed a very impressive looking model and I can not weight to get it up flying.