I built a plane like we are talking about for a friend.  I took a Big Stik, bashed it into a "Low Stik" with the wing on the bottom, whacked an inch off the nose, put the servos in the rear,  and put a mildly hopped up Homelite 25cc in it.  He's been flying it for a couple of years now, and it is one of his favorite planes.  When I first built it, it came out tail heavy.  I had to put the magneto back on it to get it to balance!</p>

I believe doing one with an Echo on CDI wouldn't even require cutting the nose;  just mounting one or both of the elevator/rudder servos in the rear.</p>

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