Aileron cables completed!

Over the past few nights I have managed to finish the aileron cables.  They don't move as smooth as I would like.  I suspect there is a pivot point not moving smoothly. I will be looking into the problem tomorrow

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Elevator cable routing preparation

This week I was able to cut the rear horizontal stabilizer to make clearance for the bottom elevator cable and glued in an extra wedge for the bolts to bolt against. we also drilled and tapped one end of the elevator push rod.

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It's official. It's 8 ft wide....

This past weekend we reviewed what we would like to do next and decided to glue in the Horizontal Stabilizer so we can finish the Elevator controls next weekend.  The tail is 8ft wide rather than the 6 ft wide the plans calls for, so it's not very trailer-able and will barely fit through any garage door now.  We could not do much since we did not want to disturb the plane while the glue was drying, so we did not get much done.  We did a little cleanup and worked on a 23cc Weed Whacker engine I had laying around in hopes of using it for a giant scale model airplane engine.