I opened the box to expose a virtually finished aeroplane, all parts are sealed in separate bags & beautifully covered. Construction is 90% balsa & ply, so any repairs should be easy.

First job was to join the wings with epoxy inserting a plywood spar at the same time. The ailerons are already dry hinged to the wings so it was just a case of removing them to glue the hinges & re-assemble the ailerons. One servo for each aileron was fitted to position & connected. (Instruction
book is a bit vague on servo fitting, ie getting the correct depth). Wings are now complete.

Tail feathers, fin and rudder next. Again, already dry hinged rudder & elevator, so assembly was achieved by employing the same method as used on the ailerons.

Fuselage next. A superb dural undercarriage is supplied already pre drilled, this was bolted in position with pre-fitted captive nuts. Wheels & Spats (all supplied in kit) were also fitted, the spats are fairly substantial & should be able to withstand our grass flying strip. Next tail-feathers & fin assembly were glued in position, everything is pre-marked, "ITS EASY". Servo's for elevator & rudder were fitted along with supplied pushrods, loads of room in the fuselage made this a very simple operation. Trial fit of the wings next. A plywood plate & captive nuts are
already fitted into the fuselage. The wing securing bolt holes were already marked off ready for drilling. A bit of care was taken with the drilling & the wing fitted in position with no adjustment necessary. Next the engine mount was fitted (supplied in kit). The firewall was already marked off at 45 & 90 degrees with a centre line to ensure you get your mounting in the correct position.

Now the next part was the hardest part, trying to persuade 'er indoors that the brand new "Enya 46" engine "was" supplied in the kit. Well everything else was supplied, so why not the engine. Anyway the engine fitted nicely in position with a good cut away in the fuselage to accept a standard silencer. A bowden cable (supplied) was linked up to the throttle, & the supplied fuel tank was installed & packed with foam. The fibreglass cowl which has an extremely good finish took quite a bit of careful fitting to get it to go into it's correct position. Next the cockpit floor was painted, a few instruments were added to the dash, & "Petes Pilots" supplied the aviator. The canopy was then screwed to position. Hey presto! the plane is almost complete except for decals.
A excellent set of "Brietling" decals was supplied, they were the peel off type & care has to be taken not to trap air underneath them when setting to position, you only get one chance. Unfortunately I do have a few air bubbles under mine but you cannot see them from a distance of 20ft.

This plane has taken me about 3 weeks to put together just spending the odd hour here & there in the evenings. I now hope it fly's as good as it looks. Conclusion......All in all it is quite an expensive kit at around £150, but when you consider that virtually everything is included, with the exception of a Pilot (& an engine), the standard of build and quality of finish is exceptional and your building time is down to a minimum. So to my way of thinking it is extremely good value.
Next ...... Test flying, I am looking forward to that.

Many thanks to Colin Sparkes for the review

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