Chris,

Guess where I got this thing, In Stan Erwins basement, he said it was a club raffle prize.
I even built one of Stans mustangs 4 oz lighter than his and smoked his butt with a 10 year old Webra .32 by atleast 25MPH more...His words not mine.

I had seen the 3D video on the net and was delighted to hit the mother load in his basement as I was picking up a second STANG, first one shredded thru trees @ about 150MPH

The bare frame Mini 3D glued together hinged no gear or hardware was a scant 13 oz on my scale.

Servos are metal gear weighing only .58oz at 50oz of torq and they are glued to .017 carbon fibre plate then glued to sides. There is no metal hardware or grommets.

Spectra line comes from the Kite industry, it provides zero resistance with as many hinges as you desire. Since it's round I insert them into crossmembers effectively dowel pining them for added strength.


Motor mount lightening, titanium screws, there is no steel hardware anywhere. Even the tank has no brass clunk or brass tubing it is all plastic.

KY mousse can available at www.flyingzhobbies.com weighs 1.4oz

No epoxy was used for glueing wing or tail, I cut covering away leaving bare wood exposed and and then spritz wood with water, then using Gorilla glue and ONLY this brand I smeared a fillet of glue on outside only, it migrated in to water and swelled inside and out then I used a dremel tool to shape outside fillet, then painted with paint stick marker.

The .021 carbon on sides was glued using Gorilla Glue (GG) and secured till dry with (3) #2 wood screws down each side. Engine pod comes in and out easily with these screws as securement.

The firewall to the original inside plate has .017 carbon fibre angle stock using GG so there is no epoxy used on this model. GG is an expanding Polyurethane foam type glue that has proven its durability in over 200 rounds of rc combat another passion of mine.

Don't use any other brand glue of this type as the foaming is excessive GG is minimal.

Gear is keyed into fuse carbon fibre sides sitting on top side of original hardwood block and screwed into top of block using 2 #2 servo screws, gear complete barely registers 1 oz. axles are JR #2 servo screws.


I have enjoyed scratch building and flying R/c models since 1974 at the age of 14,
I am anal about trimming the grams, the ounces will take care of themselves.

Check these plastic Robart horns out, no backplates just #2 screws super glued, combat proven!!!!