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Old 07-11-2006 | 07:07 AM
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Default Night Flying, Which plane? Ideas?

I have been wanting to build a plane dedicated to flying only in the dark. I am looking at kits right now trying to get an idea of what might work well. I want something that is a capable sport flyer yet can slow down nicely. It must have easy inverted flight capability too.

The plan is to use clear to translusent covering all over the plane. Light it with LEDs and Light-rope. I was even thinking about adding some form of landing lights that I could switch on by the TX.


Possible planes on my list are these 40 size birds:

Sig Midstar
GP Easy Sport
Lainer Stinger
Topflight Contender

I would love to see what other planes people have built for night flight. Any advise in this arena would be helpful.

Thanks!