G'day

The Stick (originally Das Ugly Stick) was designed a long time ago by Phil Kraft of Kraft radio fame. I believe he wanted a knock about good to fly aerobatic plane to test his radio gear and to show it off to prospective buyers. As a result, he designed a plane that was good to fly, tough and quick to build. He succeeded.

I used one back about 1990 to teach myself to land. Mine was an ARC (almost ready to cover) which I covered in Solatex and painted up to look a bit like a Fokker Eindecker (the inspiration for the general shape of the Stick).

I have had several since but it has been difficult to get other members of my club interested in buying them. This all changed recently when a friend bought one (a VMAR one) to experiment with 40 size electric conversions. He liked it so much he pulled the electric motor out and put an OS 46 AX in it. It is now his favourite plane.

You won't regret getting one.

Cheers

Mike in Oz