This should have been done the first week I had the kit.   Way last spring I bought a kit off the bay from a gentleman by the name of Henry Shun out in Hawaii Islands.   He sent this kit along with my purchase and asked me if I would build it.  It is ready for test flights.  As you can see it has one of my super duper finishes.   Scrap of Monokote I had laying around and Brodak clear dope.   Power is TeeDee .049 being fed with one of my metal tanks.  Two line tank, fill through the while holding the plane nose down.  No I did not weigh it.  Need to finish attaching the Spectra lines to it.  Don't know when I will get it air borne.

By the way his kits are hand cut and I have built a couple of them.   I think this is his foray into 1/2A.   The Shrunk Bosta and Sneaker are .15 size.   I had them at the Tulsa meet but didn't get to fly them and they fly great.

I forgot to add that the Lil' Satan is one of my favorite little planes. I will one day build myself one.

Looks like a lot of fun.  I have a combat kitten waiting to be built.

Phil

Great airframe!  The Lil Satan is airplane I originally learned to fly with coupled to a baby Bee .049.  In an empty field in Lafayette La. in 1968.  the kit was about 2.00 .  I held on to that airframe and flew it for at least 5 years in various re-coverings.  I always used silkspan for a covering.  Experimenting with it , I moved the elevator spars out to the next wider rib stations, and made the elevator likewise longer , probably 2x longer than the original elevator , but I did not make it any wider.

The result of that experiment made the plane  turn the tightest loops, about half the diameter of those using the standard size elevator.   From that point, I learned to fly upside down, and the stunt competition pattern.

I began using the 6/4 propellers, but found the 5 1/4  / 4 to be faster.  That is , if you find yourself  flying along with another flyer in the circle,  faster is more fun. and  I might ad  Dizzy.  Cheers!!

I heard that Henry passed away. He was a really good guy and combat supporter along with his buddies there.


K