*  Again, it's been a while since I've added new pictures. My daughter got married July 16th so I've been a bit busy with other things.

*  With help from my brother Barry we got the aileron hinges installed. To do that I previously installed the flaps and clamped them to the fuselage for alignment.

*  I rolled the plane out of the hanger for some photography. I made 8 1/2 x 11 prints of the planes outline and am using those to try paint schemes. I also gave them to the children that were here for the wedding and got some very interesting and colorful designs.

*  Continued, after all the company left, to install the aileron pushrods. It isn't as easy as it looks. The bolt and nut at the bellcrank for the small pushrod is very hard to get a wrench on both sides since two hands do not fit at the same time. The hole for the bolt also has powder coat in it, making it hard to get it cleaned out so the bolt will fit. I'm also a bit confused on which side the pushrod should be at the aileron. I have installed it toward the aileron. This is consistent with the manual and the video of the prototype Lightning XS. The screw end butts right up against the aileron but this should not be a problem.

*  I added the slot cutouts for the flap connection pin to fit through, and installed the flap pushrods.

*  Next I added the hinges on the fuselage for the flaps. This seems rotated a bit high but needs to be so the mounting bolts will clear the support tube on the inside of the fuselage. The tubular support mounting instructions said to mount as low as possible so that is what I did. Once the hinges were placed the wing roots were cut out for clearance.

*  The "D" & "O" holes were cut out of the fuselage wing root for aileron pushrod, fuel hose, and electrical clearances. I used several rotary cutters since they wore out trying to cut through the very thick fiberglass.

*** It is getting to be a consistent pattern that I measure several times, assure myself that I've got it right and then cut holes, just to find out that it is wrong. The wing cutouts for the aileron pushrods are a case in point. I thought the pushrods were to go to one side of the bracket and then, after cutting a very nice hole, discovered that it was to go to the other side. Therefore, the hole gets enlarged to fit the move. Now I have to go back and fill the wide opening. UGH! Overall I am pleased with the way it is coming out. Safe and solid.