Started building the Fei Bao Hawk

Had a great weekend at our local lake, flying off the water. I had three flights with a Seamaster, however the other float plane, a Tiger Moth, had to be grounded due to the high winds in the afternoon, pity, looks great in the air, even better on the water. (check out the pic )

Now onto more important news, I have finally started building the Fei Bao hawk and came up against my first major problem, (the damm workshop i.e. the garden shed), is to small, lesson number one, only buy models that fit into your car and also your workshop. My good friend Ian Rodd (Mr jet man) to the rescue, Ian's workshop is large, very large, e.g. I hear that the RAF Red Arrows practice there, on windy days!!! so all parts into the car and 40 mins later, with the hawk sitting on the stand I was ready to get struck in, (sorry Irish speak again).

I decided to start with the wings, so with a little epoxy I carefully installed the flaps and ailerons. No real problems here except, that the holds pre drilled for the hinges, must have done by a drunken person riding a donkey,way to big and not even round, however with a couple of wooden spars, the hinges where in and secure. Thats all for now, check back later.