I'm pretty new to control line and I just destroyed my trainer (A plane called the Cadet that I built from SFA plans) and my .049 needs a new home. Its pretty windy where I fly (thats what killed the Cadet) so I need a plane that handles wind well. And maby something that has a build up wing instead of sheet. Thanks

Hi Grant,

Wind is a tough one especialy with the 1/2A CL planes. I'm with ya though I just love 1/2A control line, tons of fun! Brodak has some excellent 1/2A kits with built up wings. The Baby Clown is one that comes to mind. Barry Baxters Control Line plans service is also a source with alot of great 1/2A plans. Even though they don't have a built up wing I would also suggest the Sig Skyray and Deweybird. Heres the links to the two web sights.

http://www.controllineplans.com

http://www.brodak.com

Darren

Thanks Man. My LHS has a Skyray kit that has been on th shelf for a while. I guess I'll hive it a home.

Some 1/2a plans for free at my site:

http://uk.geocities.com/[email protected]/

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Tony

the best plane ive built for a 0.49 is a babyclown by brodak
i built mine from a plan and strengthend it up a little
it can go where eva u want it to
i even do a lil combat with it

Try the Stuntman..built up wing and a great flyer!..had a ball with mine

The Baby Flite Streak is great also. Enough speed to deal with (most ) wind and will do any stunt you want.

built up wing, does that mean its not sheeted but ribs and all?

Yes, the opposite to built up being a flat sheet or solid balsa wing..

Grant:

If you have a Golden Bee .049, that's the one with a stunt tank that has one fill tube on top and one overflow tube on the bottom, get the Carl Goldberg "Little Satan", it's designed for it. It is a scaled down version of the .35 size Voodoo combat wing with a dual boom to mount a flying stab. It is a simple model to build with most of its strength dependant upon the beefy formed leading and trailing edges.

The key most important feature to heed in your building is OUTBOARD WING TIP WEIGHT. Don't forget to add it. The "Little Satan" has built in engine off set, so you can NOT avoid it; you need it also to keep the model at the end of the lines, but you also need outboard wing tip weight.

With outboard wing tip weight I have been able to run all around the grassy field as hard as I could even on windy days and still have that model stay tight on the 35 foot dacron lines.

Lanny A. Eichert

I've have very good results with a 'Brodak Trainer'. I made (1) modification - I added carbon fiber strips on both sides of the fuselage, inset to allow them to fit under the plastic motor mount (and then cross-drilled through the carbon & balsa).

Granted, it is not an especially exciting plane to fly, but it is TOUGH with a solid balsa wing. I can't say how well it handles wind, though.

The best option is probably to move up to something larger (larger engine = more mass = more line tension - generally?)