I've now built, flown, crashed, repaired, flown, crashed and totalled a few of the Flite Test swappables. Every one of them was great but last weekend was a disaster and I lost three of them in one day. I'm going to an all electric meet this Sunday but got nothing to fly. I could have downloaded another plan but I decided I needed a plane that could do everything. The obvious choice of course was a Stick I got onto Google Images and typed in 'RC Stick Plans'. I printed out a set of the original Kraft plans onto A4 size paper. From this I took measurements and multiplied everything by 3. This gave me a wingspan of just under 1000mm. Now here in Australia, a mate of mine and I have found foam board at Office Works. I wish it was $1 per sheet but it isn't. These sheets are 750mm x 500mm and come in several colours. I made a two piece wing with similar construction techniques to the Spitfire but with square ends and constant cord, and I joined the spars with a slight dihedral (don't ask how much, thats the fun of scratch building). The fuse is not built as a swappable but could easily be.
The motor/ESC combo is a Turnigy 2836 1100Kv with a Plush 40Amp ESC and a 9x6 prop. Battery is a 2700 4S. I didn't make a rudder but now I wish I had as she is very aerobatic.
Undercarriage setup is similar to the Old Speedster with a rubber band bungee setup and BBQ skewer tail skid.
She takes off in about three feet and can be flown very fast or fairly slow. As I said earlier, it is very strong and fully aerobatic and if I had included a large rudder would also be good for 3D. Anyway, she flies great which is typical of the Stick design which is why I built it in the first place.
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