Dear Randy and Ray,

Thank you so much for your interest in the 61 plans (the plane would probably be competition competitive with a YS 110) but it's been a long time since I made those plans--by hand, the good old fashioned way--drafting (anybody remember this?). These days I work with CAD, specifically, DesignCAD. I can draw up a set of the 61 Dalotel plans, it might take a while, as I can do one of two things--trace over in CAD the original MAN plans, and scale up--not too hard to do, or, photograph the 61 Dalotel--one still exists with my brother--and then trace that. That route might be longer. I would like to send the plans via e-mails instead of rolled up in a cardboard tube. This is too expensive.

Yes the fin and rudder are "squished"--an error of mine as I couldn't get the right size from photographs of the Dalotel--the right profile didn't come till I saw a 3-view much much later. Don't worry, I'm not offended--although the fin and rudder of the 40 sized Dalotel were still OK in performance. (If I remember right, I was calculating the area--sort of--the fin and rudder to have about the same area as those of pattern planes) The 61's vertical tailplane is corrected, and looks much better. No downgrade in performance.

I would like very much to use a better airfoil and aileron setup. I hope you guys aren't in a rush, the Philippine Nationals is coming up, and I am joining the Senior Pattern event. Sadly, not with a Dalotel, but with another design of mine--a pattern plane. The Nationals are on April 11-13. I will keep you posted on developments.

Thank you all so much for your interest.

Obi Mapua