RE: EDF Airliner build thread
Serdar
You are too modest.
Your increase in camber in the wings (flaps) will almost certainly enable your 301 to fly
-significantly slower (and I mean significantly)
-more scale like on landing (and this is what model airliners are about)
-your retracts will reduce drag
-the increased wing loading is unlikely to be noticed when it counts (such as a down wind turn).
The over-all impact resistance is lower but then a lot of what can go wrong is on the trailing edge and fairly well protected.
So overall I would say you are on the winning side with your modifications and we all can not wait to see it fly.
As a postscript, my comment on balsa was made because I personally do not like it as a building material. However that certainly does not mean it is not a valid building material and can not be put to very good use as you have clearly demonstrated.
Modify the 301 in many ways is the very answer. Serdar, what you are doing is the correct answer and I hope many follow. Well done.
Ian.