Less than 1/2 ounce WWI flying models

[flybob]

Having a blast flying these little models. I have crashed them over and over again and have found little if not any damage. I have learned a lot about the difference between the Sopwith and the Fokker. The two models that I have are 13" wingspan and weight about 12 grams. Flying the "LITTLE FOKKER" as compared to the "SOPWITH MUTT" shows the advantage of the compensated controls. Also swinging a large dia. heavy prop cuts down on your manuverbility. I put a light carbon fiber prop on the "LITTLE FOKKER" and moved the cg back a little and boy do things happen fast. Set up this way the aircraft will turn in less than a 2 foot radius and will climb straight up. Slow flight is at a fast walk. Take off and landings are fun. Take off, climb to about 12 ft. chop the throttle kick rudder and set up a landing with the motor at a low power setting, nice little flare, touch down kick rudder and you are all set for another t/o and landing. and this is all done never being more than 20 ft. away. I now have kits for these little planes and I think these are perfect for the first time builder and first time flyer. Easy to build and you can crash these over and over again and laugh about it. I call it "CRASH AND LAUGH" I now have a web site http://WWW.durobatics.com/ I have pulled strips of 1/4 wide tissue four feet long for dog fights and also I pulled a banner that was 3 inches wide by about 11 inchs long with no trouble. Using a 90ma. battery I was able to stay in the air for over 25 minutes. I am using what is known as "super slick" motors and I am building my own gear boxes to swing a 5x3 prop. Just great fun.

[RFC Pilot]

Nice looking little plane!

[Lufbery]

So these are remote controlled? Do they fly only inside, or can the fly outside too? How difficult are they to construct? How expensive are they?

Thanks,