Flying my new prototype I decided I wanted a little more power. The motor I was running had plenty of power without the drag brakes installed on the airframe, however when I installed the drag brakes, I found that it did not quite have the umph I wanted.

The motor I was running was a Chrome Chaos from 2DogRC. Its perfect for 4-5oz airplanes, especially freestyle birds. I decided to outfit the airplane with an AXI 2203-46 and a Thunderbird 6 ESC.

I wanted to cut the weight down on the Axi, so I cut off one lug and ground the sides of the prop mount slightly...

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I finished my new precision prototype. I'm really happy with how it turned out.

Its the airplane I was using in the Foam Milling thread I put up.

The airplane has a 33" span and is 37" long. My goal was to get it finished at 130 grams RTF, however I did not make that goal Instead, It finished out at 124 grams RTF!!!!!! To say that its light is a gross understatement.

I don't know when I'll be able to get it in a gymnasium for a test flight, but I hope that will be soon.

I love all types of models and all types of flying, but foamys...

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Everything in this world is relative....

Of course in the world of foamys, airframes just don't last as long as their larger brethren. Much like butterflies or Luna Moths, they fly around gyms and meeting halls and often meet their fate much too early.....

However, I have a few foamys that have lasted much longer than I'd ever expect..... In total, I have about 8 foamy airframes that are either ready to fly or just need a reciever plugged back in to get ready to fly.

In that gaggle of foamys is the first indoor precision airframe I did - The Sentinel....

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Could not sleep last night, so I headed out to the garage at about midnight.... Painted up the fuse of the foamy I'm working on. Its turning out pretty nicely...

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Finally finished cutting out my new precision bird. It is bigger than my airframes from last year in several dimensions, including weight... Not a problem though, as the wingloading is actually lower than my birds from last year.

All up expected finished weight will be around 130grams (about 4.5ozs)based on loading all the parts and componentry on the scale and adding a bit for the inevitable 'unknown' weight adding stuff. I'm going for a wingloading of around 2.5-2.7ozs per square foot.

I'll likely end up building another and milling the foam out for lighter weight....

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