This may not technically be a crash and rebuild, but it sure is a rebuild of a very beat up plane from flying and many moves.
I have been working off and on, on this airplane since about February of this year. I got it second hand about 15 years ago. I t was a cheap ARF, unknown name. Tri geared. Original power was a .45. It flew ok other than it was very unstable in yaw on landing approach, unless you kept the approach hot and a low AOA. Tried extending the vertical stab up about 1.5”, it helped but did not completely solve the problem. I put a small sub fin on the bottom. The stabilized it nicely, but I kept striking it on landings and braking it off. I flew it on floats a few times. Didn’t break the sub fin.
Power this time will be a K&B Sportster .65, just because that is what I have available. Power this time will be a K&B Sportster .65, just because that is what I have available. Muffler will be the Aluminum Long neck Pepsi bottle.