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Decided to get started on the mechanics today, which are to be the Interceptor 400, which should work just great in this size of fuselage.  The only issue will be that the boom is not as long as the Trex 450, but I am going to experiment with booms and belts from the Esky Belt CP and possibly CopterX/Align to se if we can get a better length match.

	Ok, here we can sere the basic mechanics assembled (Frame + Servos + skids basically)
And here are the basic mechanics in front of the fuselage they are going to end up going into, without the skids on of course.

Luckily I have plenty of Esky Belt spares around in the hanger for obvious reasons, so I grabbed a boom and drive belt and checked it out.  The front anti rotation slot in the boom wanted lengthening slightly, but other than that it slipped in just perfectly, giving me around 2+ inches on the boom length, which means less has to be cut of the tail of the fuselage to get it all to fit together correctly.

The picture below gives you a pretty good idea of the way it will fit with the Esky boom

As shown above, I think this combination of fuselage and the different boom is going to work really well. The retracts are now finished and working at a pretty realistic speed, which is also great.  The owner of this build has asked me to add extruded aluminium netting over the vents, and also to glaze the other windows with a dark glaze so that it cannot be seen into. He prefers not to be able to see the mechanics and gear in there.
	Here is the Belt boom with the tail gearbox fitted and the original Interceptor boom on the ground beneath it.
So the next task is to build the rotor head and fit it. I can then connect the servos and do the mechanical setup.  I am going to complete this in P&B format initially so it can be test flown and configured as closely as possible before its gets hidden in the fuselage.
	Though you might like to see a quick view of all the radios and helicopter kits I have purchased recently to build Interceptor 400's for other pilots.  Sure hope I don't get burgled eh ? But it also shows well how popular these Interceptors are becoming.

The overall size of this when built is going to be 30inches long, around 12 inches wide and about 10 inches high. I intend to fit the Align 430XL motor, which has proved itself to me in my own SeaWolf, which has a very much heavier fuselage (not sure why, but the fuselages all seem to be thinner and quite a bit lighter these days). 

An Acer Lab 40A ESC and G1000 gyro will complete the electronics, fed by a Heliguy RapidCharge 2200Mah 35C lipo. As the jewel in its crown, it is also going to have Alien Command fitted, which will present another challenge to try to hide the sensor unit underneath it.

Naturally enough, the radio gear is to be Spektrum, this time a DX6i with AR6200 RX.