This plane will not have retracts. carbon in lengths of 50" is hard to find. I was planning on using arrown shafts and machining a piece of aluminum to join them. The reason for the balsa was to gule the carbon in a slot and then the ribs would glue to the balsa. Not sure I want to laser cut anything. I get a lot of satisfaction out ofcutting andbuilding my models. This is not going to be a expensive build. I plane on using a cheap chinese 50cc and medium grade servos. Im not lookingfor unlimited vertical.I moved to Tupelo and there is a great flying field here. Its a sod farm and everyone has large planes. I usually fly smaller planes and most of mine are profiles. I just cant afford a 10k airplane like the other guys. I just want a large scratch built plane that is different than everyone else. I dont get a lot of satisfaction form a Kit and almost none from a ARF. This plane will be on and off the building board for a while. I actually have plans for a 60and 90 kaos that will fly before this one. (the plans for that 30 are very tempting!) I want a little time with a Kaos beforeI maiden a 100 " scratch built model. I love the look of old pattern plans and want this 50cc plane to be simple and fun to fly. Reducing the wing thickness by 20% percent should be easy enough.Since im notusing rectracts this seems like a good idea (less drag). The wing will be built on a alum plate with fixtures on each end to hold the twofiberglass tubes.

Is the idea of the arrow shafts in a slot in the balsa spar ausable Idea ? Since no laser cutting the top of the spar could be sandedto match the ribs for any inperfections.

I really apperciate the feed back. I enjoy the building more than the flying.