I have a three cylinder Saito 1.70 radial engine that I wanted to fit to the Tele ARF. Yeah, I know it will be severe over kill, but bear with me.

After looking over the ARF and seeing just how much modification would be required, I sold the ARF and bought two of the kits for the Senior Telemaster.

In order to contain this much power and weight safely, I knew I was going to need lots of drag and spoilers in order to be able to land the model exactly where I wanted. Removing the covering on the ARF's wing will take roughly the same amount of time as building the wing from scratch. I am also contemplating adding extra wing bays.

I also want my Senior Teles to not have to rely upon wing struts for additional strength, plus I want the wings to be seperately detachable. The stock kit will need lots of modification to accomodate these needs.

I suppose that by the time I'm finished, the Senior Telemaster will more resemble a Fiesler Storch in its complexity than a Tele of any iteration.

Contrary to popular opinion, stick building is easy. Don't let it intimidate you. Heck, even I can do it.


Ed Cregger