nice work

Thanks! May have run into a snag, though. It looks as if the servo tray is mounted too high in the fuse. The servo controls don't clear the wing mounting block properly.

Between that and my sudden acquisition of Starcraft 2 my build is slowing waaaaaaay down.....

Any progress ?


Wheels

Not much,wheels. I pulled the offending servo tray out of the fuse, , but haven't decided whether to use one of the plastic Futaba trays or make a new wooden one. With the weather, work and holidays, I haven't really put much time into the build.

I also put floats on my trainer to fly it off snow, but in the process I broke the stab, so that has to be repaired before I can fly it. I'll probably get back on the Elder once it starts to look a little more like Spring!

Did you ever make any more progress on this one?


Wheels

There is a guy down at the local club that flys an Elder 40, it is a really nice flying model, slows up nicely and looks like a nice relaxing model to fly. Good job with your build, hope it is a great flyer!

Cheers
Craig

A Pitts Style Muffler would look nice on that. Top Flite Kits are generally very smooth builds with real thourough instructions and plans, Looking Good!

Been looking at it quite a bit, but haven't finished it yet!
Servo tray has been replaced with a new (wood) one, much lower in the fuse so as to give adequate room for the control rods.

I was all set last Spring to bring it out and break in the engine on it, but found out that the plywood piece that has the screw holes for mounting the wing was too high (though it was built per plan) so the control rods for the aileron were in the way and the wing couldn't be mounted. Figures. Just one thing after another with this build.

I've fabricated a new piece, and am (on and off) in the process of figuring out where it should be mounted to be out of the way of the rods. I'm also toying with the idea of turning the mount block into 2 pieces rather than one. If I support it right underneath, it will be plenty strong enough. This is also more of a "Sunday flyer" ie relaxing circles around the field rather than an aerobatic sport plane (that's what the Ultra Sport is for) so it won't have to deal with huge stresses.

Of course, the way this build has been going, it will fold up or explode midair on the maiden flight anyway!

Thanks for checking in!

Lol, I am happy to see you are keeping a good attitude about its maiden flight.


Wheels

Been a long time since I planted one, so I'm probably due! Just hope it's this bird and not the Ultra Sport! That plane is just too damn fun!