![]() ![]() The prop hook had to be opened a bit to get the motor on without nicking it. I removed the tape, lightly slit the underside of the wing along the centerline to permit a crisp dihedral break and glued the wings to the mounts with Formula 560 glue. The wing did not seat well in the wing mounts. I have replaced my stick with some 10# wood that has withstood many collisions without damage. I recommend reinforcing the sides of the stick at the nose with a coating of glue. If you can dent the wood with finger pressure, it is too light. This light wood would seem to be an advantage, except that the 3 mm x 4 mm stick breaks easily at the prop hanger when it collides with walls. Some early production models had 6# wood sticks. I recommend flying it in a gym or outside at first. Because of its relatively high weight and flying speed, this is quite a trick, requiring delicate adjustments of wing position, rudder deflection and aileron to balance torque. This was intended to be flyable inside the house. It is 9 7/8″ span, 10 1/8″ long and weighs 5.36 grams without the 0.53 gram motor. For detailed, illustrated building and flying instructions and in-flight vidoes, click HERE. The second plane is the Shooting Star, a foam AMA Cub reduced to a 4″ prop size. A Dandiflyer landing gear would also work, or make up your own. As modified, the plane would be an even more thrilling flyer for a kid. I added a Sky Master landing gear for ROG flights. I put my name and phone number on the stick. I lost the first one high up in a tall tree. With a better motor, this could get a flyaway. I have got flights of 48 seconds, several circles and over treetops, maybe 40-50 feet high, in a small city park. I describe those modifications in detail in another post, click HEREfor detailed, illustrated instructions and a flight video. I made several modifications to lighten it and improve performance. It exhibits a strong up pitch under power and a strong down pitch in glide, making trim through the entire power pattern very difficult. It will do about 1 1/2 circles in 16 seconds. I remade it into a 6 strand motor for more turns. The motor is 64″ of 1 mm square brown rubber that is made up into an 8 strand motor. The first airplane is the Firebird, a 19″ span, off-the-shelf toy airplane with a plastic wing pylon and weighing 21.6 grams.
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