I omitted the slots in the front half of the fuselage side, but kept the slots in the doublers, and I shortened the tabs on the bulkheads and the cockpit floor.  As a result, the fuselage still fits together with tabs and slots, but the tabs don’t protrude all the way through the fuselage side.  This should make the plane a little bit prettier when you cover it.  Other than that, the wing and fuselage are pretty much stock.

Choose the standard firewall or the optional 4 stroke firewall to build the 4 stroke version shown on the plan.  The fuselage side and doubler are the same in either case.  It’s just the firewall that’s different.

Also, my short kit doesn’t include any part of the horizontal stabilizer or the elevators.  The original design calls for the horizontal stabilizer to be built from 1/4″ sticks on top of a lite ply template for ease of building.  This always seemed a bit cheesy to me, and I think it would be stronger and lighter if you build it out of 3/8″ sticks.  If you absolutely have to have the lite ply base for the stabilizer, send me an email and I’ll try to talk you out of it.  If you still want it, I’ll cut it out for you.

Outerzone now has both versions of the Bingo, the original one from RCM and the one included in the Ace kit.  My kit is designed from the RCM version.  I don’t know if there’s a difference, but in case there is you should print the RCM plan when you build my kit.

Ken Cigler has kindly shared some photos of his Bingo built from my kit.  Ken builds some really pretty airplanes, and this one is no exception.  His plane is the red and gold one.  He says it flies great!

I’ve also received some photos from Jeff Anderson of his red, white, and blue Bingo.  Both of these guys used Super Tigre 2 stroke engines.  Sounds like fun to me!

I just received another Bingo photo from Martin Kolm.  That’s the blue and white one.