I just finished my new Vecter ARC. Here is what I had to do to build it to fly clockwise. Because of the clockwise direction that I fly I have to turn the wing upside down. Which means I have to run the bellcrank pushrod out the other side of the wing. The wing has key on the top so I put the bottom part of the fuselage over the key which is a peice of 1/8" balsa so I had to cut some places to get it to fit right.This change was easy to do and worked to make ths wing right fo CW flying. I then doped and covered the fuselage with sikspan and proceeded to fill and dope the fuselage up to the final coat. When I was done with this. I put the wing into the fuselage with epoxy and CA. I then proceded to cover the wing and stab and elevater with World tex. I then glued and put the elevater and stab on the fuselage. I used no lignup devises to do this because I wanted to see if the ARC lignup of the fuselage cutouts were correct. Before I put on the covering and the wing into the fuselage I made sure the bellcrank post was locked tight and the bolt and nut were tacked down permantly with epoxy. I proceeded to finish the plane. I test flew the plane on wednesday. It flew great, takoff was good. I did three inside loops and put it on it's back and it sat in the groove both ways. I did an inside square and it was real solid so turned it on its backe and did a couple of outside squares. ended up doing the pattern the first flight. The whole pattern was a joy to fly. This is the first time I ever built a plane that was right right off the board. Of course the super Tigre 46 ran flawlesly. This is a great ARC. And it came out  light.

(snip)And last is the RO-Jett 40 that needs a newlighter airplane.  Glad to here you are happy with yours.

Wow, Doc!  I would think the RoJett 40 would have to be in a DEEP 4 cycle to tame down for a Vector ARF! LOL!!

Mongo

Come on now Leo, you are forcig the old DOC to assemble his Vector 40 ARC and finish it.  Haven't decided which engine to install.  I have a Brodak 40 that is finally coming in.  The EVO 36 that I am also figuring out.  And last is the RO-Jett 40 that needs a newlighter airplane.  Glad to here you are happy with yours.

Hey Doc, I would use the ro-jet 40.

Hi Mike...
An ST 46 would be fine....many are powered by LA 46's
Have fun!

Well so much for that plan. I had made a deal and paid for two ST .46s.... but the guy welched on me. Since I'm not getting the engines I suppose there's no point in finding something to put them in.

Mike

Well, got my money back. The guy reimbursed me for the engines. More than likely he found a higher price elsewhere or someone offered him more and he welched on me. In a nutshell, he used the "Oh woe is me", "I'm 60 and can't figure out computers and e-mail" excuse. Before she passed, my mother was in her late 60's and never finished high school algebra yet she owned a successful exotic lumber import/export company and did thousands of dollars of internet business per year when all the other Dot-Coms were failing.

Mike