After four years of flying a collection of parts, I am now flying a
   finished aircraft.  Really feels cool.  The camera was poor quality.
   Turned out better than it looks in these pics (poor color and out of
   focus).   But I just  couldn't wait to share with someone.

   --
   David Leonard

   Looks great Dave. Why six no piston decals instead of four?

   Paul Lamar


   BTW what is the diameter and pitch of that prop you are running?

   What max RPM do you see?


   Paul Lamar

Thanks everyone for all the comments on the paint job.

There are 6 piston kills because I thought that looked the best.  But I
could potentially make as much power as a 550 type.

The prop is a catto (now with a to-scale Hamilton Standard prop sticker
typical of the F6F Hellcat).  it is 64x78.  I typically run just over
5000 rpm except at high altitlde where I will run somewhat over 6000.
Max TAS is somewhere around 188 kts until I put the flapper back on the
turbo (on order - I have decided to just keep one on order at all times
and burn them out at will ...  :-)