Such small 2strokers are notoriously unreliable,so with the current state of affairs,an electric version sprung to mind.
Hence the plan was bought,arrived in only 8 days from Canada,and planning got under way.I'll be using 40mm bell motors and 50A esc's,powered by a 3000 mah 3cell lipo.I may have to put two packs in parallel,depending on the current draw.
The plan doesn't provide any AUW,so my best guesstimate is 5-6lb(2.5-3kg).I'm going to use foamboard where possible,with a bit of balsa and ply in critical area's.
Here's a vid on tube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W-hcQwCHY9o
Georg Wulf was killed when the 1st example crashed.Another was built with some modifications,and this plane went on a sales tour through europe and england in the early 30's.Presumably there were no buyers,as that remained the sole example flying.It was given to a museum,where it was destroyed in a bombing raid during ww2.
I also found someone built a 30" version ,so I'll be reading through that to get me some pointers.
There was also a small plastic kit sold sometime in the past,which appears to be 1/72nd scale,possibly from a Japanese manufacturer.
I've cut the spars(and my finger),and made the ribs out of 5 mm foamboard.Once my finger has healed ,I'll be back into it
Bruce,I know this may not be in the right place,but there is no specific area for scratchbuilt planes,so i stuck it here.Hope that's ok.