Lucas Hofman

Phil, Thanks for the PDF. Have you thought about what battery to use? I put the Tucano into Motocalc and it looks like a 3 cell 2200mAh LiPo will provide about 10 minutes on 70% throttle. With a 10x6 prop it will draw about 30A with the motor I intend to use (Powerpro 2820-5 1150kv - roughly equiv. to the AXI 2820). Assuming an airframe weight of 750 gram all up weight will be 1100 gram. Max trust is 1250 gram, so vertical climb out should be ok. Regards, Lucas

Some advice wanted: here in Norway we have balsa in metric sizes. I wonder whether the 3/16 (4.5mm) for the tail surfaces and the fuselage sides best can be replaced by 4 or 5mm? Regards, Lucas

My plan arrived a few days after the canopy. Lucas

Tor Ernst Hofman (my son) will build one. This is his first build and maybe the first one to be build in Norway.

Phil, how heavy is soft, med and hard balsa.? I can take a scale with me to the local shop but have to know what are acceptable weigths... Regards, Lucas

I found out about the wing area on myhobbystore. Does anybody know if the decals shown on the planes in the article can be ordered somewhere? And any good suggestions for the pilot figures?

What is the wing areal for the Tucano? Preferably including the area of the wing covered by the fuselage. I cannot find it published anywhere.