That a pretty great airplane. It was one of the first LARGER profiles and will fly with most anything out there-restricted only by the engine you put on it.
Mr. Battam actually won the Aussie Nats twice with it against piped airplanes and his son got a third with one. I sort of think he had put a Tiger .46 on.
I've built two, my son in law has a slightly smaller one when we weren't too excited with the power of the LA vs. the FP. He still flies it a bunch. I've also built a couple semi scale derivatives , a Dauntless dive bomber and a Hellcat which also taught both boys the pattern in full with only a couple crack-ups. I may yet do another.
There was someone down under who did some type of kit for it quite a while after I ended my kit making. I'm sure that's over. I have no plans to do it again unless I get real bored after I retire and put out a few by hand then. I have no issues with others doing so. I never used lasers and have no files so those would have to be made. I do still have the original patterns. I would put the airplane in the category of the Hutchison profiles except it carries a little more wing area and cross section than most of those I've seen and I think easier to build with the solid fuselage. Should I build another it will have an Enya .45 on the nose.
At the Nats last year I was looking at the line up of airplanes in Intermediate on the field and saw one I thought looked familiar -sure enough a Sukhoi. The owner said he'd gotten the finished airplane from an old flier someplace, built from an old kit. Was fun to see.
Dave
Just sort of noticed the original question involved going electric with it. Absolutely but somebody familiar with electric will have to give guidance on that . That electric motor will have to deliver .45-.60 type power. I'd try not to shorten the nose but rather slide the battery back for balance.
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