Getting close to the long-awaited relaunch of Project Zero!

Since all of the airframe repairs were made to my Project Zero some time ago, the rest is comparatively straightforward.

However, I promised pix of the ongoing work and pix there shall be.

I can see why everyone raves about O.S. engines, including the guy at the hobby shop. Using the opportunity to not only rest my sprained ankle but to do some of the easier tasks necessary to finish the job, I soldered up a Sullivan Gold-N-Rod throttle cable and proceeded to do the preliminary break-in.

What a magnificent piece of engineering this .25 FX is!

I broke it in with a 9x6 prop but I'll be flying on a 10x5 since the 9" looks mighty small against the cowl. One of the freebies I was given along with the plane itself was a Master Airscrew 10x5. Lucked out on that one. Even with the 9x6 up front, that fuselage wanted to practically explode off of the field box. This engine is smooth, powerful, easy to start and is built like a Swiss watch.

It's down to only this:

• Final trimming, painting and filling of extra holes in the cowl
  
  Drilling the access holes in the cowl for the mixture screw and glow plug
  
  Mounting the "Fueldot" fuel filler
  
  Double-checking the CG

I have a feeling this is going to be one fun ride.