Sleeper

Ok so it looks pink in the flourecent light but it is red and it flys well Dave

Thanks it was nice to get an idiea of the size those photo's are realy good

Just a note to say my Beaver was ready to fly for the Hastings flyin back in May 2011 and although the condidtions were terible it flew fine, hardley a click of trim needed. Im running 2, 3 cell packs in paralell to give me 11.1 volts and 4.4Ah. Motor is a tornado thumper 3542 1250 k/v the size prop is a 10x5 Rudder and Elevetor are on normal servos ailerons are minis it does have an RX pack thats mounted in the cowling as the C of G was to far back and I hate adding lead Batteries are where the fuel tank would be and load through a hatch in the bottom behind the under carridge I get well over 10 minuets flying and its at less then half throttle once its airborne, it will loop and roll stall turns are interesting partly due to the size of the fuz but mostly because when the throtle is shut there is no airflow over the surfaces to give any control unlike an IC on tickover. landings are fine with no real drama at all. I wish I had added Flaps during the build not because it needs them but it would have given me more to play with in the air. regards Dave

Couple of picks of the edited Beaver Fire wall  Wing   wing underside  Hopefull this should make for a nicer flying aircraft

I flew one of these built by a friend some 25 years ago I suspect the motor was some sort of 30 size 2 stroke. Built stock they come out very heavy but they do fly if a bit on the quick side   Im in the process of stripping a second hand one down that was never flown taking out all the unneccasary wood and converting to electric Im looking to use a 3 cell setup as I have a few 3 cell packs spare.  I have probably cut the weight down by arround a pound by using a hole saw on the firewall the front cabin sides the top and the bottom fusalage skins. the sides are now open from behind the wing seat and the stab is built up rather than the sheet that was there.  The wings have had the rib centers removed from behind the Dbox and holes cut in the webing and the lower Dbox between the ribs  I think the original design is over engineerd and the choice of wood in the kit was both hard and heavy. Covering is now red polycote and im on the final assebly, hope to have it flying at the Hastings model event at the end of the month. .