For those wondering about the lack of progress in construction over the past few months, here is the explanation: No aircraft construction project progresses without

New parts, new material: Carbon Composite. Instead of the preformed plywood sheets used in the original aircraft, carbon is used for the cockpit floor of

– ✓ Stabiliser covered– 
✓ Static compensation built and installed– ✓ Tab covers built and mounted– ✓ Gap cover built and mounted The vertical stabiliser

Elevon travel is imited by end stops at a pivot link pair on top of the nose gear support. The end stops come in two

At last the missing parts have arrived. I was able to finish up the prototype of the electronic control unit and the uplock. It was

The weight for the static compensation of the rudder is attached to the top end of the control surface. It contains two lead profiles nicely

Each cover consists of four plywood segments of different thicknesses and fibre directions, all attached to each other by scarf joints. To make things a

The nose landing gear is installed in the fuselage. It took an eternity until I had drilled the last hole, tightened the last nut, installed

Persistance pays out. It was the consistent effort of numerous enthusiasts, namely Robert Stadler, Peter Dätwyler, Mark Küpfer above all the owner Peter Hemmig that

The  layout of the control cables for the rudder compensation tab kept bugging me for too long. The way the cables are led through the