You asked for it.

Well Steve, it seems to me that there are two types of persons in this hobby. Those that want to fly first and build second. those like me who get all caught-up in producing museum quality aircraft and tinker with engines and are too chicken to pile-up their masterpiece. I think the first type have more fun. I have plans for a flat wing all balsa sheet P-51-like 1/2 A profile that you could build in about 3 hours for about $20.00, head to the field with some CA or super glue and 5 minute epoxy and have a ball. I almost built it until disdain grew to such an extent for the Cox .049 that I scrapped the whole idea. My Cox collection now amounts to a 1959 Curtiss Pusher and a pretty little Extra300S neither of which will fly any higher than the thread they are suspended by hanging from my ceiling. Then this cat named Bob Allan of Supercool Racing Propellers got the sweat running down the back of my legs over Enyas. Fourty five days later I own 4 Enyas - .09, 2-.19s, and a SS.40BB. Mr. Allan saved a Styrofoam winged plastic Cox Hyper Viper from the trash bin. This is the .09's new home. It's a shoehorn fit for sure. It will be mounted inverted on a firewall beefed-up with 1/4" plywood reinforced with 60 minute Locktite epoxy. A new balsa and basswood Monocoat covered wing is in process. I stole the design on a "free plan" site somewhere on the web (see attachment). Through the magic of my H.P. printer and Microsoft I fiddled around and made a full scale working plan that I'm building on now. I tried to send you an attachment. I simply cut out a carboard template of the wing inletting on the Hyper Viper fuselage and scaled with reduction/enlargement from there. The original Hyper Viper had a 27.5" wing with a 20" fuselage. I will end up with a fuselage to wingspan ratio close to that of a Brodak Oriental. The new wing will be 33". By the time I'm done with this little nightmare I'll have more money into it than the out the door price of a new Brodak ARF Oriental. A $15.00 Brodak polished aluminum spinner no less. I think a polished aluminum or chrome spinner is a must on an areobatic aircraft. The leadout wires will be built into the wing along with the bellcrank. The Cox version has the leadouts lying on top of the wing. The holes in the fuselage accomodating the .049 and the bellcrank will be covered by Hobby Lobby aileron pushrod covers reversed to act as air scoops. Golly, I hope it flys. If not it can join it's friends on display hanging from my ceiling. Don't you think a sane man would have crapped-out by now? Oh yeah, the tuned pipe should look pretty cool also. I have read here where the .09 has a very loud and ratty exhaust note. I'm hoping the tuned pipe with tame it a-bit. I don't think it will require more power. Do you think I'll have to add weight to the tail? Dumb question. I'll probably have to tape a silver dollar to the right wingtip.

Hence - "Nobody ever went broke overestimating the stupidity of the American people." "There are two things that are infinite, the Universe and human stupidity - and sometimes I wonder about the former" - Albert Einstein.

Best regards,
Bill