I'm in the middle of building a highly modified version of Paris White's 1/12 scale DC-C and am building it VERY light for electrics. The idea being that the lighter the plane the less the wind loading and the slower it will fly. Am planning on at least 3 degrees washout since the wings taper fast from almost 14 inches at the root to 5.5 at the tip.

Is this right thinking or nonsense?

By the way - since a 1/12 scale DC-3 should cruse at 12.5 mph and have a VNE (redline speed) of 20, is there any prize for scale flight over scale looks and has anyone been able to pull it off? And does anyone actually keep to a 1/12 scale DC-3 climb rate of 100 ft?min?

Steve