You couldn't ask for a better "beat around the sky" plane. I have fun fly planes, scale planes and giants, but for windy days, low ceilings, fog, all around goofing off, my Joss Stick is my plane.

My Joss was one of the older ARC kits and it is covered in yellow Monokote. The weight came in just over 10 lbs with my modifications.

I sawed the wing apart and put in 3 inches of anhedral and fiberglasses the wing back together. I split the ailerons into separate ailerons and flaps, each with its own servo (4 in the wings) and I use the Hangar 9 Ultra Stick program for flaps, crow, etc.

The power is a Magnum 1.08 with a 16-6 APC prop and I can't say enough about this engine. It's fairly light, turns a big prop, starts in 1 or 2 backwards flips and screams through inside and outside maneuvers, snaps and flat spins without a hickup. I have read that some guys don't like Magnums, but my buddy Flaps and I must have good ones because they sure do run for us.

If you do build one, I recommend installing the dihedral brace upside down to get anhedral. This cures the roll due to yaw when you use rudder, making knife edge and point rolls much easier. Built with stock dihedral, the plane rolls every time you touch rudder. I would also cut flaps 8 inches long. Cut the servo mount pockets and the holes for the flap & aileron servo leads before joining the wings. I also used a larger tail wheel assembly off a giant so mine sits nearly level.

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