Made it out today to the Indiana Flyers Club Fun Fly, had 19 pilots signed up.

I set the Champ aside and trying to finish my Byron Glasair for the Indiana Fliers club fun fly this Saturday. Come out and join us.

Start on the rudder. 1/8" spruce strips laminated together to form the rudder hoop. Soaked an ammonia overnight before bending.

Got the Champ stab about done.

Bill,
This is about where I'm at, starting building the horizontal stabilizer.

The power plant arrived for the Champ, 85 cc four stroke.

Took a perfectly good cowl and split it into three pieces just like the full scale.

Here's the tail wheel I made for the Champ, copy of a Scott 3000.

Nice!

Here the finished link.

Had to make a bender for the trailing links, worked out well.

Also have the main struts built for the landing gear. They are made from 4130 tubing. Took several shifts to these fit and silver soldered together.

The Champ wings are nearing completion. Just a few more details to iron on

And the left wing made it off the bench, just a few details to finish. Now I can roll out the fuselage drawings.

Here is the left wing bow lamination installed and rough sanded to shape. Takes a little longer to sand basswood vs balsa!