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Here's a general idea for a quick fly , easy to maintain and transport plane. Fits in the truck of any car.
I took a Wattage Ultimate Bipe and mounted an O.S. .15LA on the nose. It runs a solid 8 minutes of hard core acro on a 2oz fuel tank.
RX is a HiTech 555. RX battery is one of those tiny 4cell 4.8 NiMh/740mah. All servos are micro Futaba.
Wingspan 30"inches
Total length 30"
Weight is under two lbs.

I painted the firewall black and put bigger foam wheels on it with red hubs so it would be able to fly from a grass field. I left the cowling off so I could simply pull the main fuel line off the carb for filling. I also didn't want to carve it up in case I ever wanted to go back to brushless power. (I included pic of when it was electric.)

Been flying this little acrobatic plane for almost two years now without any trouble. It's fast and manuverable plus very quiet with stock muffler. The only complaint I have is it won't knife edge due to the lower wing only ailerons. Wish there were a way to add ailerons to the top wing too without destroying the great flying habits it now has.

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Piper - thanks for the info ... time to look for something else!

Sturtz - its looks great ... I saw a GWS Estarter with a TT15! Was very nice.

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tIANci - i was talking about the bipe pictured. it's a Neiuport that they sell in taiwan for a little less than $100 i think. it's meant for a 15 size engine but a 26 fourstroke would work fine. problem with mine was it impossible to control because of the high idle on my ASP 30. the plane would just get going and not stop eventually ditching in the grass of flipping over on the runway. with a slower idle, i'm sure it would work just fine.

this one pictured is $80 on yahoo auctions here in taiwan.

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Forestroke - can you send me one? Heheheheee ... the 10 sized EZ Neiuport is really nice!

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tIANci - if you want one, let me know. i'll figure out how much to ship to malaysia and you can paypal me and i'll send you one :-) alot of people electrify it. it has a 10-15 engine recommendation so it may be very close to the EZ version.

this is the picture of it with the original wheels. i broke them on the dirt/grass on my first take off attempt. :-(

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tIANci, I love your Not4Sale .60. It looks beautifully built and I hope you have good luck with it. For that .26, I'd like to recommend a Great Planes Slowpoke .20 or a World Models Cub. I have a knock-off of the Cub and it flys very well with an OS.30FS. I have a Slowpoke I'm putting a .26 into.

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MrMulligan - oh you mean the kit SlowPoke, my LHS has one, I will look into that, I have to check if its the smaller or bigger one. Thanks a lot. The N4S will fly one of these days, it has a plug in wing since its a 60 sized plane. She looks lovely but have yet to fly her, been sitting in the hobby room for almost a year.

Forestroke - can the OS FS26 fit into that bipe? I cannot get the mounting dimensions for the FS26. I think will need to go to the LHS and check out a TT15 to see if its the same.

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tIANci - well i have the ASP FS30 in there and i heard that (shhhh) they copied the O.S. :-) the 26 is the same size. i had to cut out some of the wood from the mount but it fits just fine. i would have to admit that the 15 would be the perfect fit.

Mr. Mulligan - my avatar is the WM Cub with a O.S. FS30. great plane... but i think just right with the 30. the 26 may not be quite enough.

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I think the Slow Poke will be most fun ... its about puttering about, let it turn a nice big 10" prop and cruise!

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I'm with you on that. I'm a little old for those fast, hot small planes. I had a Little Stick that had a Magnum .25 in it. That was a fast, hot airplane. Sold it two years ago after flying it for 10. It found a good home and is still flying.

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Little electrics make the best small planes, especially brushless lipo setups.
Have you looked at the mini funtana by e-flight? Or the Mini edge?
They also have a mini ultrastick coming out.

These little buggers are made out of balsa & light ply and are covered with ultracote so they build fairly similar to larger glow planes.
Beware though, the price is not really cheap on these, you will spend about 300-350 getting a little plane set up:)

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That Mini-Ultrastik is very tempting. I had a Mini Funtana but decided not to build it and sold it. I'm not into 3-D. I have a couple of Northeast Sailplane electrics, the Mamba and the Accord 47. The Accord is almost ready to fly, the Mamba isn't. They will have AXI's. I have a nice GWS Mustang with a Mega brushless. It's a bit of a handful. My favorite is an SR Cutie with a geared Mega brushless. For the "Gee Whiz" factor, I have a Multiplex TwinStar wit two Speed 400's.

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MrMulligan - look out for the Hot Point, best cheap all round plane, will IMAC and will fly great 3D. That's the best value for money. Half the price of a Fliton Prodigy and only about 90% of the performance. Still nothing beats a little 4C chugging along on a Slow Poke!

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couldn't agree with you more!!!

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May I add my agreement. The Cub I have with the OS.30FS has a problem with shedding screws that hold parts together such as the wing struts. I'm always looking for a metric screw after a flying session. If the .26 doesn't work out on the Slowpoke, I'm transferring the .30. I just got a hold of another small Slowpoke with a Magnum .30FS. It needs servos and a new fuel tank. Covering is nothing to brag about but if it is really good, I might recover it. I don't really care for the way the radio is installed, particularly the servos. I had a Slowpoke a year ago with an OS.20. Sadly, I lost it on the second flight due to c/g problems, too far rearward. It flew just well enough for me to fall in love with them. I have the .40ARF that I started a couple of years ago. At the time I didn't have the car for it. Once I finished the wing I couldn't get it into the car, a Grand Prix. I have an Equinox now and the finishing of this plane is a priority.

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I first wanted to say thank you all for all of the suggestions you made. I thought it might make the decision a little easier, but it turns out it made it a little more difficult with all of those fantastic planes out there. BUT, I think I have all but made up my mind on the Hyde-Away .15 I was really impressed with the way it flew in that video. Thank you for that Red B.

I was wondering if it would fly as well with a .15 glow engine?? I have been trying to find more information on the plane, and I can really only find one place I could order it. Does anyone have an experiences with the plane?? Any sites about it? I wish that my LHS carried more stuff, but they are pretty limited. So, I have to order it, and I am pretty impatient when it comes to waiting for this kind of stuff :o) Please, any experiences, comments, sugestions, warnings...etc would be very welcome. Also, this will be my first kit build.. very scary!

Thank you again for all of the kind suggestions..... There just isn't enough garage space in the world to contain this hobby :)

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Ok, I was mistakin. Now I can't find the Hyde-Away 15 kit/ARF anywhere :( Anyone??

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Really check out the E-Flite Mini Ultra Stick. Will fit easily in the trunk. It's electric, so no fuel mess.

[link=http://www.e-fliterc.com/Products/Default.aspx?ProdID=EFL2250]E-Flite Mini Ultra Stick (check out the video too)[/link]

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I can get you one but I'd have to send it from Taiwan. I doubt it would be worth it! If you considered the Hydeaway, what about the GSP Baby Cap 232. I had one with a 32SX that could hover at less than half throttle (not that i could at the time... but when i put half throttle it would pull upward when doing the vert test). buried it, though, ran out of batteries as i was diving to do a low pass across the runway.

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I pointed david to SHS in response to a PM he sent me.