Frame assembled

Alright, finally got the Skyfun assembled and everything in place. I made some additional mods as recommended by forum posters but I stopped short of going the full distance and putting in carbon fiber spars. The spars add a nice support while doing high speed banking. Not much new info here, just wanted to get some pictures up before I go out of town.

The plane feels solid with the tape on. I'll be interested to see if my problems during the application of the epoxy will come back to haunt me...

Skyartec Skyfun v1.1

 The center of gravity on a skyfun is slightly forward of the finger grips but the 2200 mAh battery is fairly long so I needed to be able to put it as far back as possible. I may have to move the RX around if it needs to go any further back. Alternatively I can adjust the trim to compensate but we'll see what happens on the maiden flight.

Added a velcro track to slide the CG forward or backward depending on the battery I'm using

 In order to allow the canopy to set as flush as possible with the fuse I push a channel into the foam to allow the RX antenna to not obstruct the joint.

Added a channel for the RX antenna

 Extreme packing tape is used to cover the bottom and attach the servo covers. Apparently it helps for rough landings of which I'm sure there will be many

Covered the bottom with strapping tape

 Picture of the RX antenna. Note that it is not flush with the foam and sticks out a bit.

The RX antenna in place

I'll be out of town this weekend but am hoping to do the maiden flight no later than Monday afternoon. Before I go, I had a little trouble getting the Spektrum DX5e tx to bind to the AR600 rx. It seemed to be binding but the light never went solid after holding down the trainer button. Eventually I got it though. As an aside, the diagnostic tones that play from the HobbyKing ESC and out the motor are SO LOUD. Sorry upstairs neighbor. More to come!

Fona update: Progress is....slow.