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I purchased a set of Insight CAD drawn plans from the designer flyintexan that has is build thread on the forum at: http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/m_28..._1/key_/tm.htm I wanted to do some experimenting with the design to modify it slightly to make it an Insight with a retro look. I chose the Insight because the design and engineering work is extremely well done and it flys awsome.

I wanted it to have a 80s retro look with tri gear retracts, anhedral stab, side mounted OS 160FX with a standard muffler. With the OS 160FX side mounted I wouldn’t need the lower channel in the bottom of the fuselage for the pipe, etc. To make the retract main gear legs a reasonable length I lowered the wing to the bottom of the fuselage. I figured if Chip Hyde's new design has the wing lower for better visibility that the 0 0 0 fad might be fading. If I extended the main parts of the fuselage down around the wing area the wing could be moved to the bottom of the fuselage and still use the wing tube. The nose gear looks like it would mount nicely behind the firewall but the main gear wheel wells end up too close to the wing tube. Might need to move the wing tube forward a little to get the gear placement correct. I’m not sure where I’m going with this but its fun to have the plans and play with ideas. I want a 80s retro look and the front now looks like a cross between the lower part of a Tipo and the canopy area forward like a Blue Angel and the transition line behind the canopy that slopes back to the tail. I made little scale foam model to be able to visualize it better.

See some of the modifications to the plans in the image below.

To be continued…