I flew a Senior Telemaster for years, with and without floats. I built it from a kit. I made the wing one piece bolt on. I reduced the dihedral.

I had an internal bombay. I powered it with an ASP .91 four stroke. I added struts, for full aerobatic flying.

I could trim it out a 1/3 throttle, and it would do lazy slow circles with the transmitter on the ground. It's just a great airframe.

Notice the three norvel .15 powered 72" telemaster. It was a beast.


If I had to do it again:

Bolt on wing
Struts
Hard points on wings for bombs
Sheet the fuselage for strength
Slightly enlarge rudder (although it is really pretty effective due to the long tail moment)
Large wheel pants (for looks)
Internal Bombay

Billrad