Hello everyone.
This summer I am working on a project at NCSU on morphing aircraft wings. We have bought the mini super sportster ep from great planes because of the long ailerons, smaller size, only a front propeller, and a larger hollow body which in the future may be used for other electronics. Our goal is to build our own wings that use morphing materials to control the airplane by changing the airfoil shape instead of using ailerons. This would eventually be applied to airplanes allowing us to replace the heavy hydraulically run flaps with light morphing material.

Currently we are working on designing a model wing which we will test separately in the wind tunnel. We have also bought the mini super sportster and I am in the process of assembling it. I was hoping people could give me an idea of how long it will take to learn to fly the mini super sportster. I have no experience with R/Cs but am willing to put in any necessary time to learn. Even though I am only working on this project this summer because I am returning to the University of Maryland in the fall, the other student working with me will continue with the project during the school year.

Thank you for any suggestions.

~ Laura