Ken, when I first got back into the hobby after some 40 years, I picked up two magazines, both back issues at a LHSin San Jose. One, an RC Model World, had fulsize plans for a Ruperts Dad, which I built, rebuilt, rubilt again and then killed for good Monday. The other, Model Airplane News hadfull size plans for .15 to .40"The Hots" by Dan Santich. I've looke the plans over thinking of a 40 size and it wouldn't take much at all to scale them up. This 40 size used 3/16balsasheet for the tail fins and the rest was a few 1/8" stingers and some 1/16" sheet. The wings were about as simple as you couldget. I'll betyou could build one in three nights, and add onemorefor covering. The plans called for theconstruction article to be on Model Airplane new's web site, but I can't find it now. They do have plans for an electric one of the same size in the plans section http://www.modelairplanenews.com/Me2...D910EF7643150E

Man that is a link and a half, not sure it will work, but the plane is only just a few down on the opeing page of the plans area.

The photo of the electric one shows a lot more ailerons that the plans I have. Mine show a 1 1/4" aileron stock, and I'm guessing from the photo that they are built up ailerons around 2" at the root.

The Ruperts Dad has/had a similuar wing, 60" span with some huge control surfaces. The Fuselage was a bit more traditional though. The plans called for a 52 to 56 four stroke and it came in quite tail heavy with an O.S. 52, so I put a Magnum 70 on it and it balanced out quite well with it. Scale up the fuselage of the Hots with the Ruperts Dad wings and you would have a wild one.

Don