Originally Posted by
combatpigg
There's a coroplast version of this plane called the "Grin Reaper". I believe the Balsa Beavers have it at their web site.
I'll bet the balsa version flies better, though.
This Summer I'll set up an area for my neighbor and his Son to give this stuff a try.
The only one I heard of is the Man Win at the Balsa Beavers. The Lil Bat was ok, maybe a bit lighter than a Man Win. It could do a loop anyway, with a Baby Bee. I made a plane similar to the Mn Win with a TD, and it was fairly fast and did loops too. Not real tight or anything approaching square. I still have it and fly it maybe every other year. It predates the Man win by a bit, so the coro is pretty good stuff. A control horn broke once because it was brittle with age, and well, I crashed it. I have moved the motor back a bit since that pic. and put on a Norvel. Still flies about the same either way for 25 years.