Avro Anson 

Power will be from two Zenoah 26's with Multiplex Flight gear and Powerbox batteries and a host of servos. Everything else will be built from scratch. Construction on this plane should be very straight forward, mainly from Balsa and liteply, as you can see in the picture below I have received alot of the wood already. 

My plan is to contruct the fueslage from a simple box structure onto which the formers and then the outer sheet and stringers can be attached. This method is quick to build and easy to keep things aligned. Tailplane will be made from two shells and will be removeable from the fueslage.

The wings will be built into three sections, the main section housing the two engines and undercarriage. The outer wings will be held on by wing tubes.

Most of the wood required to build the Avro Anson Mk1

The construction of the tailplane is from two half shells, very strong and light. The tailplane measures over 50" long :)

Back half of the fueslage, upside down on building board, only weighting 5oz

Week Two of the build and the fueslage is taking shape. Sheeting the front nose section has started. First the two sides and then the top, keeping the digital inclinometer to keep the fueslage straight. Additonal formers to be added onto the lower portion of the fueslage to completed at a later date. 

Sheeting was made up of 4x4mm stringers due to the curvature of the nose section. Next step is to mount the forward firing machine gun :)

Week Three, the fueslage is taking shape, adding the stringers next. These will be balsa and spruce laminated to keep the weight down, but very strong.

Carbon Rods and dowls fill up the cabin area.

Week Four

Progress is slowing down a little with the cold weather, the White glue is taking a good bit longer to dry

Fueslage is nearly complete, just the Window frames and lower decking

Started cutting the Ribs for the Rudder, another 42 Ribs in the Wing to be cut like this !!!!!!

Week Five 

Just over a week spent on the fin, completed the Rudder in one night :) Need to get underfloor heating

Week Ten

The Anson standing on its own wheel's for the very first time

The Undercarriage, comprises of aluminum oleo's, aluminum and Carbon Fibre Radius Arm, galvanized steel brackets. W

Week Eleven

Spent the week adding formers and then sheeting one Engine Nacelle, the back section is made up of stringers

Bottom section of the sheeted Engine Nacelle, with a inspection hatch for the retract gear drive. 

Sunday 30th Jan, bolted the wing unto the fueslage for the first time . Made up formers to hold the stringers in place.

The undercarriage is retracted via a Sail winch servo (Hitec HS-785HB) which has 183 oz/in torque. I made a pulley from two plates of galvanized steel, brazed together, with a strip of galvanized steel in between. Then drilled holes to save a bit of weight. Universal joiners are used to joint the 5mm paino to the undercarriage. The undercarriage will be setup to retact up/down in around 10 seconds.