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944_Jim:
Yeah, this is a good place for recycled license plate mounts.

kevin king:
Worst design ever

Dan McEntee:

--- Quote from: kevin king on September 13, 2024, 06:04:49 PM ---Worst design ever

--- End quote ---

  I never built one, but for a beginner that nonexistent tail moment could be problematic. Keep the wing. Build a flat fuselage from a hardware store yardstick, and add some sort of engine mount. Set the mount up for a Wizard style rubber band shock mount with about 3 degrees offset. Add 1/2 ounce tip weight. Bell crank can be mounted to the fuselage. Add a horizontal stabilizer with a nice shape and add the elevator from the plan to the trailing edge. Vertical stab not really necessary but something pleasing to the eye can be glues into a slot cut in the yardstick, along with some sort of canopy that can double as a handle to make an underhanded launch. The airplane as presented on the plan would be quick to build for someone want to do some sport 1/2A combat, but for a trainer, not the optimum, I don't think. Making all the required nose and tail moments match the Goldberg Wizard would be suggested also.

  Type at you later,
   Dan McEntee

bob whitney:
i have made fun of this thing sense the first time i saw one BUT we have taught one teenager and two adults to fly on the one our club has .it is not pretty but gets the job done .both adults went to ringmasters and flew right off the bat

we fly it on about 38/40 ft of spider wire

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