I have built a number of Frankenstein airplanes throughout the years the last one being a powered glider out of a hand me down fuselage, a wing kit, and power unit off a Radian. Its flies OK, but not like my Radian, or other gliders designed as a complete aircraft. The purpose of my build was to experiment in adding certain features to the aircraft to see the effects of different control placements.
With all that said you will learn a lot from your efforts, then again there are failures from which you will also learn. My advice is to get a decent flier in the air, enjoy it, add to your knowledge once you have gotten some stick time.
Last edited by Steve Steinbring; 09-03-2013 at 07:20 AM.