So I worked on my new FT-22 (20") last night. I loved Peter's removable nose design on the Vector, and I figured that I'd rather rebuild only the tip of the FT-22 nose instead of the whole fuselage.
First, I built full length nose doublers with rear notches to match the fuselage:
Then I decided how far I wanted the "tabs" to stick out. I assumed that just were the canopy meets the nose would be about right. I cut the doublers and rounded the edges.
Next I had to decide how much of the nose should be removable. I opted for just behind the center of the canopy.
I'm not going to have a canopy pod in the top like the normal FT-22, so I just omitted that piece from the build. I'll access the battery by simply sliding off the nose. For my canopy foam, I made the score a single foamboard wide from the edge, not double like in the plans. I'll cut that piece to length for both pieces.