Well, I scrambled Sat. night and got her done except for the decals and a couple of personal touches I want to add. Had to carve out the cowl quite a bit to get the mufflers (DL-100) and plug caps in. It's a pain to attach the cowl, though. I have to mount one side of the muffler, plug caps off, stuff the other muffler into the cowl, slide the cowl half way, bolt the muffler through the cowl cutouts, put the cowl on the rest of the way, then fish for the plug wires and set them on the plugs. Not a job I'd like to have to do at the field. But it does fit.
After adjusting the needles a bit we maidened her and she flies great! Before we flew we checked the CG and it came out tail heavy. I was surprised because it was designed around a DA85 which is quite a bit lighter than the DL100. I was expecting it to be quite nose heavy. I had 2 batteries just inside the turtle deck so I removed one (it wasn't connected cause I don't have the switch for it yet) and it balanced right on. I guess I'll put the second battery on the CG.
I got rid of the plastic wing bolts because they wiggled in the threads of the blind nuts and replaced them with metal bolts.
A very well belt ARF, great hardware, loooong arms and flies nice. Hopefully it will stand the test of time. Here's what's in it:
DL100
Hitec 5645 ail & ele
Hitec 7955 rudder
hitec 425 throttle
42% optical kill
Futaba 2.4GHz R617FS rx
4600 6v NiMH battery
MPI switches
