>>I like it. But I think I would like it better with a little
>>smaller spinner, slimmer fuselage, etc. This thing will need
>>a long landing gear, unless it is fuselage mounted. I would
>>also make the rudder hingeline a bit more vertical.
>
>Steve,
>
>Slimmer fuse...all we see now is planes with slim fuses. I
>am trying for a bit of a change.
>
>As for the gear it will be standard length. The prop
>dictates the length and it wont be over 14" so the gear I
>make should be plenty long. Look at Rabe's bbqb very long
>gear but they look just right.
>
>I thought it would need a verticle hingeline also. But I
>made the other Furias and it had the same type of verticle
>fin and it worked great. It will have a Working Rabe rudder
>but I want it to be so subtle that is not noticable. If it
>were a verticale line but a slanted fin it will have to much
>power and cause more yaw than it corrects.
>
>>
>>The Furias looked great in black, but with the larger
>>fuselage you show here, it will look bigger and heavier.
>>Dunno how that will affect the presentation, but the bigger
>>fuselage, with more wood, more paint, bigger spinner, bigger
>>bulkheads, = more weight. What this thing reminds me of is
>>the Hawker Typhoon that Windy built...but his was too
>>slender to bring off the brutish look. This thing will have
>>that...how about making it into a Typhoon or P-43? (think of
>>a P-47 Razorback only prettier). Then you could lose the big
>>spinner and save 3 oz and about $50, and Rabe has all the
>>technology you need.
Steve
>
>Yes it will be heavier. I am betting I can sneak it in at
>67oz. The last one I got pretty carried away on the primer.
> This one will be a very lightly applied filler coats. Also
>the wing is 700 sqrs so it will fly fine.
>
>Typhoon, P-43? everyone has already built semi scales. I
>guess I am trying for something a little more original.
>Original in stunt is hard to come by these days so it will
>look a little uncommon.
>
>Save the 50 bucks. I already did. I found a 3" spinner
>from a company named spinright for $11. The truturn is
>around 50 and the weights are similar.
>
>I know not everyone will like it but I hope it is original
>looking.
Doug, take a good look at the Spinright spinner and be sure it is the quality of a Dave Brown or TruTurn. Some of them are really bad, and not just the imports. I think it was a Spinright that I bought and found it had cracks in the backplate. I don't recall being at all happy with any part of it. And I was thinking just a little smaller, like 2.5". As for the rudder hingeline...I was thinking of narrowing the rudder chord at top by 1/4" and widening the bottom the same, net area change = zero. Even making the movable part half height of the fin, with the bottom part moving, would be good. I was also thinking about a subtle reduction in fuselage depth, maybe 3/8". As it is now, it looks almost like a shoulder wing, to me. I like the step under the wing. Making it a functional cooling air exit would make it better yet. If Semi-Scale isn't your thing, that's fine, I understand. The proportions of this Furias II are much like a Typhoon...it just says "Bad to the Bone". What do you think about the paint scheme? The Furias was your best, BY FAR. I'm just wondering if that much black on this one wouldn't look too heavy. Did it seem to cause any trouble in your heat? 
Steve