After much testing and failure, I decided it was time for a proper FPV plane. I tried a couple designs before landing on Alex's Specter V2 design, and just fell in love with it. The plane is a dream to fly, and wasn't too bad to build either. It went together very well, and only took 3 sheets of dollar tree foam board to build it.
Parts I used:
3 sheets of foam
Firewall material (I used some plastic sheet I found for cheap)
An aluminum Shaft from a slowstick
3 x 9 gram servos
Turnigy 2230 motor
30 amp esc
Misc hardware, some extreme packing tape, and a hot glue gun
Here is a link to IBCrazy's thread. There are a lot of people flying, and is a very solid plane.
http://fpvlab.com/forums/showthread.php?2769-Specter-V2-My-best-FPV-plane-yet&highlight=specter
In building this one, I just followed Alex's design as closely as possible. He gives all the spec's in his thread. I did as standard fold over wing to get the airfoil. I used a 1/2" 2 layer foam spar and a 1 inch 2 layer center spar to hold them together. I should have used 1" and 2" spars, or used a carbon spar, as the wing flexes a little more than I like. Although, it has survived one crash and it didn't even crinkle the wing at all.
Here are some dimensions. Hope this helps for those looking to build this.
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