RE: Here's a Simple & FREE First Foam Build Plan! Cool Looking Plane Too...
Critter,
I do plan to get out hunting next year. My son is getting old enough to go along.
It should take less than 4 hours to cut and sand all the pieces to put your plane together once you have all the tools built or purchased. Making the hotwire cutter and templates and trying them out took the most time.
Takes about 15 - 20 minutes to assemble the airframe (easiest part of the process). Not sure about putting the electronics into it but that shouldn't take more then and hour or two.
I think that you should go big when you build yours. Like you were already talking about but double all dimensions. One of these planes flying by with a 6' wing span would look great. Should weight ~4 times what this one does (80 oz) or less. You would have to probably build a two piece wing and put a real spar into it.
Hope to have the motor and ESC from Balsapr this week.
Have fun.