Hi all,

I would like to hear from the Stinker owners, or for some of you who has seen this model at the field, how is the plane in general. how they have powered their planes, and how acrobatic the plane is.
I would like to build a well powered model with a four stroke.
I am trying to avoid the weight of a gas engine.
any four stroke idea?


Thanks in advance.

I flew one for over a year, then my son took ahold of it and showed what it could really do! We had a Moki 1.8 up front and the plane flew rock solid. Ended up selling it (sniff, sniff) when we moved "-(

If I had to do over again, I would only change the bottom stringers on the fuse to spruce - other than that - build it stock!

Jerry

The major difference between a Pitts and a Stinker is that the Pitts performs really fun and wild aerobatics. The Stinker does the same thing but with precision. Extremely predictable biplane. Don't mistake the last to mean it's a soft flyer. It reeks of performance.

The only reason you don't see more of them is because they take a while to build, and don't come in ARFs'. It will be more than worth the effort. Use the biggest 4 stroke you can get your hands on, but that may still be a little short on power. The Moki 1.8-2.10 or the MDS 2.18 would be the glow engines of choice. You will need the weight up front because of the short nose moment arm.

There was an aviatrix who predated Patty Wagstaff by some 50 years, her name was Betty Skelton. She named her airplane the "Little Stinker," and had a skunk painted on as an emblem.

What airplane was it? A Pitts Special.

So. Every "Stinker" model should be a Pitts, but not every Pitts is a "Stinker."

Bill.

One of our guys has one with an OS 1.60 FX.

Jim Branaum would be THE person to ask about this plane. Just look his name up here and you will find him easy.

HI again.

As far as it takes some time to build, it seems to be perfect for me. I like models that requires work. I would like to make it a very acrobatic model. Fun to fly. Thanks to what you have written, I can see that definitely it calls for tons of power. The" optimum" engine for the 4 stroke realism that I am looking for would be a YS 140 DZ, but.... that is expensive. I think, it could be like a MOKI 180, but with the sound and advantages of a 4 stroke.
I kind of confident that IF I can build this plane light, about 12.5 lbs dry RTF, It could be a very nice combo. More comments are very welcome.

THANKS.