I'm using a foam board with a pretty thick paper bacing I buy from a sign maker near my university here in China. Its a little heavier but it's stronger and easier to paint.
The wing is foldable and detachable to make it easier to transport. Kfm 2 with 2 x 6mm carbon fiber rods
I am eventually going to use this design for FPV but for the moment I was just experimenting with a panning system. Mounted a small LED flash to the nose 
I took off the landing gear and rubber so I could belly land it. I wasnt confident with the landing gear I had on it.
The Maiden was great. I hand launched it and it tracked straight like it was on rails. Even with the vertical stabilizer. If you are wondering how you had launch and 7 foot wide plane with a 12x6 prob on the back, the answer is "carefully!"
Cruised around over the stadium at 1/4 throttle for about 10 mins. Batteries still were at 11.8V so I'm guessing if I'm careful I could get about 30 mins fly time.
This this is huge and it doesnt particularly like slow landings, I anticipated this and the plane has flaps to help slow it down for landing.
Here are a few pictures from the build process.
Fuselage
Firewalls
Completed Fuselage
Wing profile
Plan of the wing
Completed wing and Fuselage
The Barbados flag. Long way from home so gotta show some love.
Nose section is detachable so I can mount different cameras and flash lights.
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