Had the day off, no kids, buddies were tied up, so I built a new model.  Made plenty of built wing kits, but never one from scratch.  So here is my "Approaching Storm".  24" wingspan, 132 sq".  Think it is 15" long.  Little nose heavy, the CG is about 1" in front of the leading edge of the wing, but will see how she flies before I change anything.  Wing is similar to a baby clown to save weight and covered in Monokote.  Tail is a rip off of a Ringmaster, but I like it so who cares.  Will post up flight info soon.

No idea.  All the scales I have access to are at work.  Should have been lighter, I messed up on the nose and used too much plywood.  Luv using CA cause you can finish the model in a day, but once its on there, its staying.

I'd say weight wize its on par with the dead Phoenix IV, which flew like a scalded dog.  If I'm right, with the airfoil it should fly better, and with the CG further forward, do tighter loops.  We'll see. 

Finally figured out my issues with the Norvel.  I had put "medium" gas lines on it.  Was not getting a good suction I guess, cause when I switched to small it ran great.

Looks like you're using muffler pressure.  With that you could mount the tank on the inboard side and shorten the nose.

I think Don meant for the TANK to go on the inboard side ("under" the engine) to get it out of the way so you could move the engine back, still on the outboard side.  Better than adding lead to the tail to move the CG back.  I agree with you, wouldn't want any setup where the needle is "blind". 

And if you think Masters are sharp, you oughta see an APC--I believe you could cut out balsa parts with it!  I bloodied my finger just flipping the prop.  I now blunt the knife-edge with sandpaper before I ever put an APC prop on an engine.

--Ray

--Ray

The trick with ANY 1/2A is to use an electric or spring starter.  Hand flipping is for the birds.

Mark me up as a pansy then, cause I don't have the patience or the knee and ankle strength to stay squated for an hour trying to get one to start with a spring or flip.  I LUV my electric starter. 

Small prime, 2 turns, hit it with the starter and open the throttle till she starts. Works EVERY time

Flipping a Cox engine is an exercise in frustration.  Put in a head prime, hook up the battery, turn the prop backwards to vertical, give it a hard hit with your gloved finger, and launch.