ORIGINAL: draftman1
if your looking for a small plane, consider the SPAD dogfighter. its a .25 size, a 48'' w.s. you dont have to worry about holes in the covering, there isnt any covering, they fly very well in wind and cheap to build, about 15 bucks for the airframe. easy to store because there not fragile. landing gear can be added
www.spadtothebone.com free planes classics.25 size-dogfighter
draftman1!
First of all, that's a great idea about a Spad for a college student.
I had the pleasure of meeting draftman1 and others at the 1st annual Spads Over The Northwest a couple weeks ago.
Draftman, I'd like to thank you very much, I had a great time and enjoyed every minute I was out there. It really was fun to be there, the spirit of your event and the participants was special. I'll be there next year, I have to figure out how to build a spad.
And for people that haven't been around spads, they are amazingly resilient. Try hammering a plane into a limbo pole at 50+ mph then walking out to the plane, carrying it back to the pits, flip it over and take off again! Amazing.
Dave
Edited to add I can't leave out finally meeting Adui after emailing back and forth. You both are great guys and the perfect hosts - and the gentleman from Seattle had some pretty cool designs. Evergreen was great to host the event. See you next year!
And for the OP and everyone, you really need to check out spads.