There are a number of places I can fly 1/2A’s close to home, mostly all grass fields. This is especially important to me now since our club field has been closed by the FAA (we are just within 15 miles of National Airport in Washington DC).

I wanted a simple way to stooge a 1/2A on grass and came up with this. It is a simple coroplast box with a slot at approximately 45 degrees. I believe almost any 1/2A can be made to work although to date I have only flown combat type models.

Since I hardly never fly glow anymore the motor does not have to be running and the airplane does not need a release hook. I use a 2.4Ghz car transmitter for the throttle. When I am ready I just pull the trigger and off she goes. The electric motors spin up very fast. I compete in navy carrier and except for the NATS I don’t even run up those planes before launch so I knew the power for take-off would be there.

The plane shown is a simple all sheet design that one of my grandsons built. It used to fly with a Cox Reedie. It now has a 2730-1700Kv motor, 12a esc and 500mah 3 cell lipo. It can do all the maneuvers, and with throttle some you don’t normally see with a 1/2A.