RE: 3-line control systems
Jerry,
Your Hurricane is legal for flight in Fun Scale, but don't expect very good flight scores without a throttle. Most contests here in the midwest have Fun, Profile, and Sport scale; Brodak does.
My experience is that it takes almost as much time to build a profile model as it does a full-body sport model. Brodak's La5 profile model looks pretty good for that class. John did well with the prototype at the Nats this year. I judged his flights, but did not do profile static so I don't have an opinion on the model's accuracy.
Conversion of a 60 size R/C scale kit works out very well in Sport Scale. Model Aviation is going to print an article I wrote on converting Skyshark's Val kit. Too bad they are out of production. I flew the Val in a flying only contest in Hunterville this year to the FAI rules and got first place; it flies VERY well. Jack Sheeks has also competed with a Val and a Skyshark Stuka. Both did well on static scores.
Feel free to contact me directly if you are interested.
Chuck Snyder