Hi CTDave,

I don't know if your American Telemaster kits are identical with the ones available here in Germany, I've seen a lot of variations of the plane here. I'm very proud of my Telemaster because it just survived a touch-down from full speed inverted flight with only a few bumps and bruises and it wil be flying again very soon.

Don't use balsa main spars for your wings and elevator, I relpaced them with pine ones and my wing seems to be nearly indestructable. Those few gramms don't matter with a Telemaster, the wing creates more than enough upflift.

Not sure about your aileron options. My Telemaster has (I think you call it) barn door ailerons, and I definitely prefer them over those full length balsa strip ailerons I've seen on other TMs.

Definitely use two aileron servos. On very windy days I like to use the ailerons as inverted flaps (flaps going up to reduce the uplift) to be able to land at higher airspeeds. And you can taxi faster on the ground without accidental take-offs. Also without inverted flaps my Telemaster wouldn't be able to do inverted loopings.

The tail end of the fueselage, with all those slots for the pushrods and the last tiny former, in my eyes seemed to be a weak spot, prone to break. I made a new, longer, elevator mounting plate that reaches farther into the fuselage, so shocks from the tail can better be absorbed by the fuselage side. I cut the upper part of the last former accordingly.

I modified wings and fuse for the wing to be attached with nylon screws instead of rubber bands which I don't like. If you're thinking of doing the same you should stabilize the corners of the fuse's wing mounting area. That's the only spot that broke in each of my severe crashes.