My latest free flight plane: a PeeWee powered jet fighter (don't miss the vid)

This is my new free flight airplane. It's a delta wing made from a drawing found on Outerzone:

https://outerzone.co.uk/plan_details.asp?ID=10791



The plane is mainly build with Coroplast sheet apart from the wooden bulkheads and wing stiffeners.



The plane is powered by a Pee Wee mounted at the back and a 3 blade 3.125x2.5 prop. The knob of the needle valve is just at the same level of the wing. in order to turn the needle easisly, I attached a piece of music wire with a blob of époxy.

Hey René, this is the trade engine you sent me !!



I started the build with the fuselage. The bottom and sides were cut in 1 piece out of a sign board and then folded and glued with 2 balsa bulkheads + one in the nose and the motor mount. The nose was left long enough to be cut to size after glueing.









The wing and tail fin were cut out of a thinner blue sheet I found at our local DIY for 1 EUR.

The wing panel is kept straight by some sort of wooden stiffeners that also provide stability I think. After cutting and 3 coats of dope, they were painted in red PU paint. The elevons are kept in place by 2 retainers glued on the tips. The elevon angle given on the plan is exact the one that is needed.







The canopy was cut out of a hand soap bottle and glued on. The area covered by the canopy was first coloured black with a pen.







The nose cone is a piece of leading edge, doped and painted black. This picture was taken after glide testing.




And the plane does fly!!