I'm looking to build a Super Hots in a .40-.60 size, but I need either a bolt-on wing, or plug-in wing panels. I have located some plan sources and short kits, but I am pretty sure those are one piece airframes. Does anyone know of any published plans that have a removable wing, or of a web forum thread where someone has shown their modification to the original design to make the wing removable? Also, I am not interested in paying the absurd prices on ebay for a Midwest kit.

First link is a scratch built version with bolt on wing panels. Second is an Outerzone plan showing a bolt on wing. Should be helpful on how to do it. This plan shows a removable top hatch. On another version it shows a removable bottom hatch.

https://www.rcgroups.com/forums/show...ing-an-84-Hots

https://outerzone.co.uk

I couldn’t post the plan as not allowed by OZ. Search Outerzone for Hots plans


Seems like the removable top hatch is more popular.

Thanks very much for that info. I should be able to figure out something from that.

My dilemma is that I am getting back into balsa airplanes after a 15-20 year hiatus from them. I am a plane builder (I have never been fond of ARF's), and I have found that the type kits I want to build are now nearly extinct (duh).

I am finishing a SIG 1/6 Clipped Wing Cub right now, and I learned the hard way that I should have gotten my feet wet again on a much simpler kit. I had gotten quite rusty on my building knowledge and skills. The Cub is turning out ok, but not nearly as nicely as I would have liked (and could have done, with some practice beforehand). I had built the exact same kit 30 years ago, but had forgotten all of the snags and difficulties of that plane.

The Cub takes care of my semi-scale plane, but I want a "knock it around, beater" fun-fly type plane. A stick-type plane would do that, except I require my planes to fly knife edge. It looks like one of the Hots planes will suit my needs well. I need it to fit into my Mazda 3 or 4Runner, without me putting down the back seats, which is why I need a bolt-on wing if it is a larger plane.

I was in the same dilemma when I got back into RC. No local kits to be found. So I went the scratch built route. I just print a plan then draw my own lines on freezer paper for the build. It isn’t as hard as it looks,IMO. It is different. Here are some builds. The coroplast plastic and gutter downspout airplanes are a favorite. But, Problems do happen. I just putt putt around the field.

‘Good luck with your build.

I may suggest you look for a Sig Something Extra. It's wings are on a tube and it's about the same size as a hots. It would be easy to modify a kit slightly to look like a Hots.
You talked about knife edge. I don't remember the Hots being great at KE flight but it's been a long time. The Sig is not great at it either. Adding a 1/2" to the rudder length helps a lot on the Sig.
David

The lightweight, .40 size, one-piece Hots excelled with knife edge - granted my balance point was 1/4" behind the suggested CG and 1/2" additional TE area as well as aerodynamic boost tab was added to the rudder top. The Hots was capable of a KE loop in the right hands (the first 3/4 was easy) but I would chicken out on the last quarter during the descent on the backside of the loop... Always thought the generous fuse side-area helped out in this regard for The Hots.