Well one thing for sure is that the strip ailerons will be scale. The full size ones that we built used a old fashion roller skate wheel for the tailwheel so at least finding a tailwheel should not be a problem. The main gear used J-3 Cub wheel that had about 3" cut out of the hubs and re welded to use a narrower width tire.
ORIGINAL: dick Hanson
Well -I have done many pattern designs and 3D designs and th tapered wing is mostly for eye appeal
sure the tapered wing has a lot going for it - but for low speeds and quick response - that dumb looking 3.5-1 aspect ratio hershey bar is tops .
I am looking at a model where I can fly slow - fast accelerate like crazy - snap fast at ANY speed and this shape -over and over --wins.
Many equate the straight wing with th 20% thick 3D thingies - but make that wing a constant 10% setup and look out - it goes fast and you can hit a full -HARD up elevator "wall" which stops on a dime and will then allow fast roll from a stopped hover .
I am doing a Cassut for aerobatics -here is the powerplant /prop spinner n exhaust all 12 lbs of it
size is 50% scale which is only 7.5'span and 8' overall fuselage BUT 2300 square inches should be -32 lbs thereabouts -