Originally Posted by
tsawyer148
I would actually like to see this happen as well. More than anything I would be interested to see what would need to be done to get one of these airframes to go fast enough to breakout at 1:30. If anyone is willing to give up their field for a day or two in some area of the Southwest, (AZ, CA, NV, UT), that could accommodate the course as described and help promote it, I may be willing to put a race together.
I'm putting a DLE-60 Twin on a World Models Zero.G.S. with 80" wingspan. It has a fiberglass fuselage and built up wing. I may reinforce the wing by adding endgrain spars between the main spars. It has some small (like 1/8" or 3mm) balsa pieces (can't remember what they are called at the moment - vertical shear webs I think). I may be able to put the servos in the tail. At least the elevator servos. I think this will come in as a real Gold performer.
I plan to put the same engine on a P-51 that is getting extensive mods (as COLOR TILE with everything glassed and painted), but I can get the Zero in the air much sooner. I may put a DLE-55RA on the COLOR TILE though.
I'm putting a TWM P-51 Mustang G.S. Double Trouble together pretty much stock with a DLE-35RA as a Bronze or maybe Silver plane. I will have this and the Zero in the air by the end of the summer.