Cheap Stealth

While searching around the internet I ran into a page of someone running speed 400 motors on a "Pibro" slope flier. I liked the idea, but it looked heavy, and I wanted to run a GWS DX-A gearbox. An earlier attempt was not very successful. After my other planes, I came back to the idea for try number two. This time I went with a flat airfoil. I also tried a faster prop. I streamlined the fitting of the electronics. Now, it is a good little flier.


Yes, It can Fly!

The very first attempt a flight showed very sensitive controls. I turned the throws all the way down and it is very flyable. It likes inverted flight. Only one nasty little habit of coming out of a stall in an unrecoverable flat spin. Hmmmm, That's probably just my poor flying. It is not a trainer. I have not had enough time to see everything it will do. It had done well with the crashes so far also. As buildtime is very fast you could rebuild from nothing in no time. Heck, you could have 4 or 5 ready at all times. If one takes a bad hit you could refit the electronics on a backup airframe in 5 minutes. It makes me think it would be a good candidate for Combat. I'm ready....

CHEAP, Easy and Fast.

It's cheap. I have about 50 cents in the materials and that includes the foam, music wire, glue, tape and wood - excluding electronics and motor.

It's easy. No bending. No cutting on a curve. Can it get easier (maybe inflatable????.

It's fast to build. I spent less than two hours. If you had plans and you hurried, I would say less than 1 hour.

STATS
Wingspan: 32"
Length: 17"
Weight: 6.2 oz , ready to fly with 42gram battery.
Speed: Faster than the litestick.
Build time: 2 hours or less plus glue time
Tools: Razor knife - Ruler
Material: Bluecor 1/4" foam insulation - tape - Probond Glue - Wood stick for motor - Music wire and control horns
Building Skill: Almost none.
Power Plant: GWS DX-A gearbox running a 10" 8 pitch prop
Servo's: 2 Hitec HS-55 -- Elevon mixing required

Check out the second in the series The Little Red Trainer.
Check out the third in the series The Fokker D VIII
Check out the Fourth in the series The Rohrbach Roland.
Check out the Fifth in the series Zippy
Check out the Sixth in the series a Cheap Stealth
Check out the Seventh and Eighth in the series New Blue Planes.

Check out the Ninth in the series a Biplane.
Check out the Tenth in the series a WWII Zero.
Check out the Eleventh in the series a 1908 Antoinette.
Check out the Twelveth in the series a Corsair.
Finally #13 is Catsup and Mustard a faster aileron plane..
Here is #14, Homemade Brushless Testbed - motor made from an old cdrom drive.
Airplanes by Jonathan Townsend - email - jon@jastown.com