Hello all, I've got this Kyosho Pitts S2 .40 size biplane on my wall. It had a Magnum .46 XLS on it. Designed for r/c, it has nasty ground tendencies due to its short coupling, and never made its first flight. It zipped off the side of the runway and found a large pile of asphalt, clipping the gear off. I was wondering how well it would convert to C/L. It has fully symmetrical airfoils and coupled ailerons. It spans about 46 inches. Would it be feasible to use the lower ailerons as flaps? How about the top ailerons? Slave them together? anybody ever tried this?

What was the glide ratio of the Pitts power off?
Most R/C landings are power on, so I'm not sure it will have a favorable glide ratio for C/L

Jim Pollock   

More than a few years ago, I had a Royal Pitts Special with a K&B Sportsman (Sportster?) .45 in it.  I hooked up the lower wing frlaps only.  The plane pulled like a deamon and flew twice as fast! LOL  Man was that a fun ship.  It would do simple things like wing overs and loops, but I never really tried anything else.  It was a blast to fly.  I don't believe it was a s big as yours thoiugh.  I think it had about a 42" ws....I could be wrong though.  Do it....have fun, what the heck, it will just go to waste if you don't.

Don's Stearman is a very good airplane, and is competetive in the right hands.

He is not afraid to try something different. His swept wing F-86 is a very good airplane and his almost scale profile warbirds are very competetive in profile stunt events.