Starlight

[Mellowdave]

Here is my Starlight I build from free plans at Microflight. I built exactly to plans except covered with Airspan. Installed GWS receiver, servos, and BEC, and wheels. I get flight times of about 10 minutes using Rayovac 9v NiMH battery at a flying weight of about 5.5 oz.
http://www.rcmicroflight.com/upload/airplane.gif

[pease1]

Nice looking plane - what motor and batteries do you use in it?

Al

[pease1]

Gah! Nevermind the battery question - what motor/gear ratio did you use?

[losiboy]

How did you cut all the parts out ?

[Mellowdave]

I used the same motor as the plans call for which is a Wes Technik DC 524 and 8:1 drive and 23/12 cm carbon prop. I bought all that from Todds Models web site.

To cut out the parts, I printed out the part of the plan I needed full scale which was easy as the plans are availabe in autocad, which I have loaded at work. Then I taped the full scale print out of a fuselage former for example on a sheet of balsa and cut it out with an exacto knife. I made a cardboard template the same way for the ribs and then cut out all the ribs from the template. Takes a little while but not to long and saves you a lot of money from the cost of a cit.

[losiboy]

Where did you get the covering?

[Mellowdave]

The covering is airspan which I bought from Peck Polymers.