Sweet, Bob.  Looks like a cool Hellcat from here!

It will likely fly away...

Dan

Thanks Mike and KF. I remember the wing span rule. I was just thinking of the heavy kit wood.

4X reread KittyFritters post re: how to size the prop using the airplanes wingspan and then dividing by 3.

Bob

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The general rule in a rubber powered model is 1/3 the wingspan for conventional models.  (Super light, indoor models with very slow turning props  are a completely different dynamic.)  That 7", Chinese prop weighs quite a bit and will act more like a flywheel than a prop on anything with less than a 21" wing span.  Most 500 series kits will fly on a 5-1/4 to 6" prop.  Use your gram scale to weigh the props you have.  Sometimes you can improve the trim simply by changing props.

There is quite a variation in weight between the different brands of plastic propellers.  My simplified kits all use a 6" prop but I supply Pecks with the Plain Plane and Satellite and an EB prop with the Double Trouble because it needs the nose weight.

KF

Finally attached the canopy, but have not done anything to the frame work.

The kit comes with that 4 3/4" guillows prop. I think it will need either a 6" or 7" prop.

photo 3 is with a 7"
photo 4 is a 6"

Thanks guys for the kind words. The kit is laser cut and just builds it self.

Mike, I will use a 6" Chinese prop.

bopb

Looking smooth!  That Guillows Hellcat always flew great even using the kit print "wood".  Yours will be a fantastic flyer...Dan

Tissue is doped and tissue cals are waiting to dry and then doped. Canopy next then off to the field.

While waiting on some NAVY BLUE tissue to arrive. I worked on the removable nose bearing.