Tom Gaskin 1

Rather than beefing-up the structure, consider adding wing struts. 16swg (1.6 mm-ish) wire from the bottom of the fuselage up to the main spar at mid-span are unobtrusive and exceedingly strong. This was originally advocated in the 1970's by RCM&E columnist Peter Russell, who had a fully aerobatic S60 ( as did my boss at the time, Harry Brooks) I have fitted struts to both a DB Twin tub and a Senior Telemaster in the past, and neither needed any other structural changes to survive hooligan flying! Tom

The Wot trainer is a 'full-sized' model, so the 5055 motor is what is needed. We have a couple of them at the club with this size of motor. like the Uno Wot, they are tricky to land, as they do float on given the chance! Tom

That motor looks awfully like a HET-RC Typhoon motor, from a good few years ago. If it is, a 3s battery and an 8 x 4 prop was the preferred setup. Are the leads coming out of the motor stiff wire rather than flexible? Tom

There's a Sarik (ex QEFI) plan for one of these - seventeen and a bit inches wingspan. https://www.sarikhobbies.com/product/pogo/ Tom

Thursday saw the Sussex RFC hold its' final Hanky Planky comp of the winter season. The usual suspects flew two rounds, of Skid Marks and Roops. A gloriously sunny day here in the Beautiful South, with about 10 knot winds. Tom

Search for "taping aileron and elevator" on this forum to see this topic covered in the past. As per the topic, I use tape on top hinged surfaces - the trailing edge of the wing or tailplane is squared off in the area of the control surface, with the leading edge of the control surface having all of the angle sanded into it. Both top and bottom pieces of tape needs to stick to one another so to prevent separation in the future. I use a piece of 0.8mm ply as a spacer when doing this so that the gap isn't too great. Grabbing EflightRay's picture for illustration. Tom

A dozen of us took advantage of the lovely weather here in the Beautiful South, e-gliders, edf's, scale, and even an ic model! Tom

Yup, 15-20 seconds to load text on a page - go and make a cup of tea while waiting for all pictures to load... It was fine for me last evening though. Tom

Solarbo 'morphed' into Amerang, who then iirc, bought Ripmax. Tom

Today eight of us turned out for the latest round of the SRFC Hanky Planky derby. Blue sky but oh so windy and cold! I'm quite happy as I managed to secured a win 😀 Tom

Lovely weather in the Beautiful South with nine of us committing aviation: F5L gliders, Wot4's, Hanky Planky's and a small EDF all got flung skywards. Tom

I use 66% of the stated rating for my electric setups. I have yet to have an esc 'die' in service. Tom

Peter Russell (a long-time columnist for RCM&E) always advocated the adding of piano wire wing struts to the standard wing. My old boss had a Fully aerobatic one powered by a 60, complete with struts! Tom

Five of us got out at the Sussex field this afternoon, a balmy 3 degrees with light winds. No breakages so a bonus! Tom

David, Add webbing to both sides of the mainspars to really stiffen things up without adding undue weight. Tom