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Here is an update.

The wings getting epoxied together.
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And a test fitting just to see how it would look.

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What's everybody's favorite way to attach the wings to the fuselage?

I've always liked nylon bolts for wing attachment. They give up pretty easily in an inadvertent arrival but are plenty strong enough for any flight loads that the structure will survive.

Of course, there is always the old rubber band method, but I never liked the looks of that...
 
I'm thinking about a Futaba S3108M from the stash for the elevators and a repurposed 200maH drone lipo for the battery.
Just test them on 1s to make sure everything works, I've had a few hitec types, hs-45's that have tight gear trains and not all would run on 1s, but ran on 5v 2s with esc fine. I typically run 500mah 1s batteries and get at least 12 flights while only using 120mah typically.
 
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