Cool! Thanks for the plug RChawaii and Woodsy! Krauts going to kill me for spilling the beans on his new trainer early. He hopes to get the plans done over the holidays and get them up at Spad. It all started when some of the guys on the forum said that Spads were ok if you didn't mind an ugly plane. Well, he told me at work..."I'll show them". He came up with the beautiful SpadStick for less than $10 in materials, and it has become such a hit at the field that he finally decided to come up with a trainer to go along with it. The goal has been to keep the building costs under $10 and get the wing loading below the popular airplanes on the market for better performance. The Debonair is still an easier plane to build, but for an hour or two of extra effort you make a trainer that looks pretty darn good. Kraut told me today that it took him about 6 hours to design and build the Spadet LC-40, and has $7.00 into the airframe. He also said he plans to build another one over the holidays to make a photo building essay on it.

BTW, if you haven't seen the stick version, here it is: