Major Woody,

Wouldn't the spinner then be subject to damage on nose overs? I guess you could design the bottom of the nose so that it protects the spinner, and put a 1/16" wire skid on the surface of the bottom. I'll start drawing and see where the damage zone would be.

So far I haven't found good info on the Mr. Smoothie, but I did find a free flight model of it. Scan the 3 view if you can, and email it to me.

I'm going to start with the Hughes Racer with a reduced size cowl. But I'm up to trying some other stuff, especially if the foam plug technique works out. I'm going to start working on drawing up a Firecracker, and see what that yields. It's too bad that the 5" height requirement has to be met in the wing saddle area. You have to stretch the cockpit forward on most of the Thompson Trophy racers.

The Swee' Pea wing has some dihedral in it. Would that cause a problem on the Mr. Smoothie?