Here are some pics of my brand new Esquire. I started building it for our 2010 VR/CS event, but did not quite finish in time. After letting it sit for nearly a year, I managed to find a little time to finish it up. Built from Model Builder plans, wing and stab covered with Ultracote Lite, fuselage painted with Sig dope. Controls are rudder, elevator, and throttle. Final weight is 44 ounces. Power is an O.S. .20FS, which is a real gem. Flew it for the first time at our 2011 event last weekend. Won the time-and-glide by launching into a group of buzzards circling in a thermal - I've got a real eagle eye for lift
Some of my earliest model flying as a kid was with a rudder-only Esquire built by my dad, so this was a nice nostalgia trip for me!