I started by fitting the servos in the supplied trays. Remember to remove the grommets and bushes and use the supplied bolts, washers and locknuts. Position both servos so they are facing rearwards. To make life easier and a little neater I drilled a hole between the servos and fitted a grommet for the servo cables to pass through. This also allowed be to use a tie wrap 'behind' the grommet to secure the cables together so that they appeared to be the same length when coming through the servo tray. For me, having equal length leads makes an R/C install neater and simpler. Be sure to make a left and right side if you are doing the servo tray setups before installing them in the wing! Use the grommets/bushes from your servos around the outside of the servo tray - you will need an extra 2 grommets per tray but I imagine you have two knocking around somewhere!

We chose to fit a 40% F1 style pilot from www.composite-creations.com sprayed in a suitably matching scheme!...

I decided to try a new product to mount the DA-150 in this model. It is a 3degree offset engine mount from SWB manufacturing in the US. It makes the engine install very quick and easy. I had it all mounted up in 10mins! Start by drawing a centreline on the bulkhead using the seams in the fuselage as your guide. Next, I had to draw a line 7/16" to the right (looking from the front) - this became the centre line of the engine mount so that with the 3 degrees right thrust the prop shaft lined up in the centre of the cowl. Follow the manual and hold a straight edge against the fuselage in front of the cockpit and then measure down 55mm from where this line crosses above the front of the bulkhead. With this done, I simply positioned the mount and drilled the four small holes for the setting screws and screwed the mount in place.

I now had a perfect guide for the DA mounting holes and drilled through the holes in the SWB mount. I then popped the mount off and open the holes up to 6.5mm and used some spacers and a large washer to pull the captive nuts into the rear of the bulkhead. The mount was then screwed back in place and the engine bolted in position to check alignment - perfect!!! The prop shaft is dead on centre in the cowl and the 5" spinner backplate will line up exactly with the top of the cowl.

The ignition module was mounted next. The braided ignition leads were protected with spiral wrap and the holes made in the bulkhead were lined with some split tygon tube to prevent any chafing. The ignition module was mounted to the top of the fuselage just behind the bulkhead with tie wraps with some foam protection between it and the fuselage skin.