Hi Mike,

Just got back from the Cajun Nats, what a great time. Thanks to Jon Martin and everybody for a great event.

I first was interested in designing a pattern like foamy that I can fly during my lunch hour at the office. To practice rudder corrections and rolling. Mainly just to get stick time when I can't get to the field. And wow - I have gotten overwhelming response from everyone.

I'll be hand cutting kits in the very near future. I am considering a number of different price points from a simple foam and carbon only kit with a simple graphic, to a multi-color vinyl graphics kit and all the way to a complete and assembled RTF version with motor, battery, esc, servos, rec and lipo. I've actually had a couple of requests for full turn-key foamys. After the intensive flight testing program completed by Arch at the Cajun Nats. Seems to do all the typical 3d foamy stuff very good as well as pattern style aerobatics. The plane is very stable and smooth in flight or wildly 3d aerobatic. It also flys well in strong winds.

All the color on this prototype is vinyl that I designed and cut - it added less than .1 oz to the final weight

I have one final aileron mod and optional side force generators. I should have the final prototype in the air soon.

Right now it's a very light weight foamy built out of 6mm depron with minimal reinforcements, Arch had zero problems with flex or twist of the fuse, but when flown at higher speeds there is some twist. for the more casual flyer I can do a tougher/stiffer 9 mm depron fuse with a weight increase.

The current set up is at 14 oz which seems good for a 39" sq. wing/fuse foamy. With the china motor and a 1300 3cell pack flight times are around 20 mins. And I think on the final version I maybe able to get another full oz out of the plane.

I'll be ordering the depron and finalizing the design this week. I maybe able to ship kits by the end of the month. I know the first kit is going to Mike Hester - he is first on the list.

If anyone wants to pre-order the foamy, just send email to deanfunk(at)mindspring.com, I'll be updating my website soon once I get pricing finalized. I'll keep you all posted....