Tim,
Awesome airplanes! I'd like to know which plans/kits they were from as they're some of the best "A" 's I've ever seen. I was thinking about putting some 500 lb.'ers on mine but I've already gone way over the line (Yes, I need a life!)

Mine began life as a desire to build a "throw in the car, go fly cheap" aircraft but it's evolved into such a detailled, extraordinary ship that I'd fly it, maybe, once a year for fear of dumb thumbing it. "Gravity always wins, it's just a matter of when"

I'm enclosing some pics in progress. The static, struts/wheels are hand-made of balsa with the outer rims Dremelled beer can bottoms. The doors are of aluminum inside and out and the links made from styrene. (No! I'll never do that again!) The mains as well as tail gear/doors assembly come off for flight with pop in doors for where the main strut covers go. So far she weighs 14.5 oz. w/all aboard but I'm shooting for 16 oz., once "aluminized", for a wing loading of around 10.75 oz./sq.ft. We'll see?! It's got an .049 mounted but I've got a .10 that's dying to go in her. With Mylar, (32,000 psi tensile strength), she's stout!

"Charlie" was to be the subject of an article for MAN on building fully articulated pilots and connecting controls to the throttle, stick and rudder pedals. He's carved from foam, jointed with thread and dressed in Saran Wrap which gives it the scale wrinkles.