Hi G-Man and fellow Warbird fanatics.
This plane was built from Palmer Plans, which have no use in the modeling community. The plans should be hung up and looked at.
My buddy and I built two of these when we were looking for a new twin project. We simplified Palmers plans by cutting both foam cores for the wing and stab. The fuse was built according to plan as well as the fin and rudder. I originally had two OS 91 FX 2 strokes for power , but one engine would always cut out. My first 5 flights were single engine since one engine would always cut out. The plane was very managable on one engine. I changed both engines and put two OS 91 Surpasses in and never had a problem after that. The plane weighed 22 lbs. had flaps, robart retracts, full cockpit and glassed and painted with automotive enamel in the fire bomber scheme you see here. I use the past tense because a gentleman bought the plane and I no longer own it. To sum up Palmer Plans are not very builder friendly and his weight schedules would be fine if the plane was weighed on the moon ( 1/6 th the Earth's gravity LOL) The plane did fly well and the utline is pretty scale. I would not build anything from his plans again. Hope this helps. I will be posting Pics of my Scratch Built MB 5 in 1/5 th scale as soon as I get back to school and borrow the school camera.
Thanks,
Fred Menna