ORIGINAL: Jim Thomerson
If you can keep the weight down it should fly fine. I had an own design 540 square inch, 48 oz airplane with a Fox stunt 35, which I thought flew wonderful. I built a second one, got the weight down to 42 oz, and realized that the first one was a lead sled, so to speak. I still competed with the first one on windy days, as the second one was not a good wind airplane. Your engine is probably more powerful than a Fox stunt 35.
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I have a rc rebuild going on now that I have to finnish before I start any thing else.
And my working time on that is severely curtailed at the moment as we are moving to another apartment in a week or 2.
But I agree the st must have at least as much (likely more) power than a fox .35, way newer design. So I will use that wing to build a control line plane around.
Will do a build thread when I start.
Dang I am looking foward to it.
Now to start looking at designs to get some rough numbers from tail feathers and moment arms. Built up tail feathers, light sheet box fuse. Wing can carry the L.G.
I think the wing may have been a small ugly stick or something similar. Once I strip the covering I can start removing some material to reduce weight. I will shoot for low 40 something ounces.
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