Thatīs the proper way to keep flying jets without feeling guilt with your better half...

About the mods the airplane was completely scratch built. The wings where built with highest density foam,we found, with two wing tubes and skinned with veneer wood and fiberglassed.

The fins are sandwiched balsa and fiberglass, The fuselage was layed up more or less like the graupner original, but with some veneer glued on it on the straight "soft" parts.

Later, a carbon fiber rib cage was glued on it, and carbon fiber strips where glued in the leading edge seams and CF roving at the fuselage / former seams . The cabin is solid balsa sanded to match the fuselage curves. This single mod is the most important one.. the airplane feels and sounds completely different with it,.. you can hear the air being ripped if you dare to make a low pass in the runway at full power (!) The elevons are actuated by two servos each, but they arenīt split. as I think that they are more rigid this way..


Unfortunately we didnīt took pictures of the build, as we where in a hurry to build the airplane in time for the race, and at that time my cellphone didnīt have a camera..


p.s. forgot to mention that is a good idea to reinforce the fuselage underside glue joints behind the main landing gears.. some original HSīs had this part completely ripped of the fuse at speeds as little as 250mph.