Radio and tank installation in fuselage.

I have deciced to install tank near centre of gravity.
Rudder will be connected to servo with a pull-pull system, operated by two kevlar leads or similar. The leads will cross inside the fuselage.
Elevator will be actuated by MK elev coupler. There will also be a pull-pull system between the coupler and servo. From the coupler to elevator halves movement is driven by 4 mm carbon fibre pushrods. Pushrods will have ball links 2 mm thread.
Horns on control surfaces will be of 4 mm CF-balsa-CF sandwich that a friend of mine has produced.

 

Click to see a larger picture Place for radios and tank. See 3x3 balsa guides to help position the servo tray.
Pattern of servo tray was made of cardboard. It is easy to trim and fine tune the shape.
The wing fixing was already made in the Sombrero kit, saving a lot of work.
Click to see a larger picture The servo tray. Material is a sandwich plate made of EPS stryrofoam and 0.4 mm plywood on sides.
This sandwich is quite light, not as light as CF honeycomb but not as fragile either.
All glueing done with Cascol PU glue. Weight as 39 g finished, where the glue weight is 5-6 g total.
Click to see a larger picture From the other side. See glue expanding and filling possible gaps. It is important that the cross support
is glued on both sides of main plate. In that way the surface does not come off when tank is exposed
to high g forces.
Click to see a larger picture Note reinforcements for servos made of 2 mm ply or 6 mm ply for elev servo. Elevator servo is located
higher so that its pull-pull cables do not hit rudder servo arm nor cables. Tank mount and auxiliary
supports have been tested with 10 g load. No problems. Tank will be secured in palce with either
rubber bands or straps. Even if they fail the tank stays in place since wing is blocking the way.
Click to see a larger picture One way of attaching receiver. This absorbs vibration and is easy to use.
Also the servo leads will be tied with rubber bands. This is where the holes are used
in addition to save weight.
Click to see a larger picture Equipment dry fitted before glueing. Sometimes you find things to correct, so rather check than be sorry.
Click to see a larger picture Two trays. Another one is for the backup plane ;-)
Click to see a larger picture Servo tray is glued in place with Cascol PU glue. Task would be easier with epoxy and micro balloons
as PU glue is very slippery. Servos are already bolted. See huge HD switch from Futaba.

Compliments to all who has contributed to this. Much of information has been gathered by searching the Internet and following
other enthusiasts' projects. That is also motivation for publishing all of this.