This is a build I did elsewhere.. Was suggested I bring it here..
Sooo,, here it is...
Ok,, So I was recently asked about a project I have had on the
back burner for a while.. So I thought I would put it out for you
people to scrutinize..
I decided to call this plane the 'PHOENIX' in reference to the old
movie about the plane that crashed and was sorta rebuilt to fly
again to save the people who remained..

Life for the Phoenix started out as a Hobbico ARF, the Twinstar..
I aquired the bare airframe less anything that was not balsa.. No
fuel tanks, no landing gear, nothing.. Just a well used and abused
bare airframe.. Battle tested,, ohhh yeahhh...
Having done a couple of Twinstars in past and knowing what I
would like to see different I decided to make those changes on
this one.. As silly as it may seem I wanted to keep a close
resemblance to the 'ARF look'.. Some of the changes I wanted
were to loose the blunt nose, increase fuel capacity, increase
rudder authority, increase of speed ability, and loose some of
the 'cookie cutter' look... I know, sounds ambigous, keep ARF
look but make less cookie cutter look.. But it isn't really...
So, the basic plan is to extend the nacelles to accommodate
larger fuel tanks and be able to set motors at zero downthrust
and at zero outthrust..
Rather than increase rudder size move the rudder hinge line
forward which is more effective than making a larger surface..
Then extend the nose and make more pointed... Part of the nose
extension was to also move nose gear forward as well just for
the heck of it.. Additionally the elevator was made anew and was
enlarged slightly towards the center leaving the ends same size..
With things being extend forward there is a major shift in the CG
(center of gravity) so it needs to be compensated for.. I prefer not
to add weight for balance so this necessitates moving some items
needed for a plane towards the read.. A couple of changes along
these lines are make a battery box behind the trailing edge of the
wing and move elevator servo to rear of plane from the center
area.. Having done some of these changes it still up'd the total
plane weight so some lightening was done along the way.. Then
there also needs to be access to things as nose gear in case
adjustment is ever needed, access to battery, and access to the
rear mounted elevator servo.. Hatches were made to facilitate
access these things..
Ok, lets take a peak at what we have going on now...

( questions and comments welcomed)