It has, but It wouldn't hurt to do more. Plus, keep you out of trouble for a while.

Yeah it'll give me something to do for about an hour, and i just learned i can fly my foamy next to my house in the empty lot pretty decently

You could fly your foamie in your living room Dude. LOL

The DA Engine may be a work of art, but we want it to be mostly hidden from view. By eyeballing and taking a few measurements, I determined where I needed to make my cut-outs for the engine and muffler. I hated to cut any of it, but because of the way we fly, and the way engines are designed, you can't really avoid it.
I do have a twin cylinder 50cc that I could have used, but I wanted finish the model in the most usual way.
Most guys who build the 50cc MX2, will use either the DA-50 or DLE 55. So that's what I'm going to go with.
I'll save the twin for another project.

Here, I've marked the cowling with a Sharpie and I'm getting ready to start cutting. You can mark your cut-outs with tape also. You need to be more careful with the Sharpie, or you'll have black lines everywhere when you're done.

Startin to look like a plane Kenn

Ken

You need a matching pilot in there.. Looks good..

Ok, sorry if this was addressed earlier, but does it have a pipe tunnel?

I don't think there is enough room for a pipe but there is plenty of room for a canister, and you could probably mod it for a pipe without alot of trouble

Devan is right. It doesn't have a pipe tunnel. Just canister. But, you could modify it if you had to have a pipe without much difficulty.

My cut-outs ended up looking like this. I left a thin strip between the exhaust opening and the engine head opening. You could open the whole thing up if you like, but I wanted to leave it for support.

I also ground out a small space where the ignition sensor was hitting the spinner exit. It only needed a little and you won't be able to see it later.

This is not absolutely necessary, but I decided to reinforce the edges of my cowl openings with glass cloth and epoxy resin. Especially the small strip between the large openings. I've had similar situations crack and break. I used glass tape and it was fairly easy. I'll grind any excess off after it cures overnight. It turned out great. Now, I don't have to worry about it being flimsy and cracking.

What size standoffs are you running Kenn?

On the DA, it's 2.5".

I glued-up this little laser cut servo mount that came with the kit. I assumed it was for throttle or something like that. It snapped together in no time. I plan to connect to the engine before I glue it in place. That way, I can use the same connector that I took off of the donor airplane. It's good to recycle. Saves a lot of time.

Last photo: I glued the throttle servo in place while it was connected. I also ran small screws from outside the engine box into the mounting tray just to feel better about the glue.

Really useful pics, thanks!

I notice you haven't put a nipple on the carb to route the air pressure sensing inside the fus. Have you found you don't need this mod?

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