ORIGINAL: Chad Veich
ORIGINAL: tdstaf
I personally was looking for a prototype that would hide a YS four stroke. Not much on any kind of beauty, just functionality.
Here's a simple, fixed gear design with good proportions that would probably hide the YS. Just need to thin up that fat airfoil for going racing.
I had thought of doing a scratch built plane of the Miles M.20 since it could easily be made standoff scale with slab sides, foam wing, and a P-47 canopy. Plus, the yellow underside would be easy to see. I wish that Iwould have. I started on a Heinkel He100. It doesn't quite meet the requirements of the thread. I chose it because it had a lot of wing area for a 57" span. What I didn't think about was how big the fuselage is in relation to the wingspan and the 4" spinner. It now sits with a scaled up outline drawing, crutch made, and a foam wing cut for the past couple of years. My lesson learned is to measure everything before starting.
And this shows that anything can be found on the internet.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1cGC47uHwZk