After having finished my Profile Cardinal, (wich came out as a well flying ship)i had a set of full size plans and a stock of balsa.
I started off with the wing and stab/elevator.
Then i decided to make a different fuselage (full body).
Here is the result.
Paint job and final decoration was not finished when pictures were taken. Came out at 48 OZ. Powered with an OS LA .46
Maiden flight is scheduled for tomorrow.
Not the sleekest finish, but if it flys well i'm satisfied.
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Well i was out flying it today. It flew very well. Not much difference from the Profile Cardinal which is not surprising.
It balanced straigh on with no with no weights needed. Started off with the leadouts far back. In the first flights it nearly tore my arm off on 64" lines. Removed some tip weight and moved the leadouts forward . That helped a lot. I still think i can move them a little bit more forward.
Then todays bonehead: It is extremely hot here in Norway just now, so i only wore shorts (no pockets) Therefore I placed my cellphone in the toolbox. It happened to lay beside the fuel bottle which had some drops of fuel left in it.
I have now proved that the Ericsson camera cell phone is NOT FUELPROOF. The display got very 'disturbed'.
Norvald Olsvold