Yak 1 new ride

[Gus Urtubey]

It took more than 2 years to build it, but it is done. It flew today, it is not better than my Yatsenko plane but not worse either.
66 OZ ready to fly (battery onboard)
Igor's system and prop.
Badass motor.
I used a Bob Hunt system to build the wing. I molded my own fuselage.
Fiber glassed and painted with Klass Kote.
It took just a handle adjustment today to fly well but I will keep working on it.
I enjoyed the building, learnt a lot in the process and I hope it will last a long time so I can enjoy flying it as well.
It was definitely more expensive than ordering a plane form Ukraine!
 

[Chuck Matheny]

Gorgeous model...!!

"molded fuselage" meaning that you can still "lay up" duplicates...?
There are obvious advantages to having an insurance policy like that.

Now that you are geared up to do glass work I'll bet you have materials and ingredients remaining to do more builds with...[if that helps make you feel better about the cash outlay].

[Gus Urtubey]

Thank you, Chuck.

[john e. holliday]

That plane looks nice.  Hope it flies well for you.   

[Charles Carter]

Nice!  I especially love the canopy.

Charles Carter

[M Spencer]

Hers Gus after the First Flight . 

[Don Jenkins]

That turned out really NICE!  Hopefully we get a decent day soon and I'll meet up with you at Huntersville to see it fly!

Don

[Ted Fancher]

OMG Gus!!!  You spilled kinda gray paint all over the top of the wing....

....ooops... 

Never mind!

Ted Fancher

p.s.  Really good looking machine.  Good luck with it!

[Gus Urtubey]

Thank you, Ted.

Don, sure, we’ll do it.

[Gus Urtubey]

We'll do, Bob.
Gus