Guillow 500 series ME-109

[Ara Dedekian]

    This is my second attempt at getting a Guillow 500 series to fly properly. The first was the Hurricane which flew reasonably well but not great. Still trimming; I think it's a victim of the wrong prop on an overweight and not-enough-wing-area model.

    I used the same lightening approach on the '109. No plastic parts except for the canopy, thinned and lightened the kit ribs, narrowed the kit trailing edges, and cut away the kit formers to just under the notches. But this time made two ply laminations for the tail outlines, and used my 5# wood for the leading edge assembly, stringers, fill-ins and spinner.

    The Hurricane came in at 33g ready to fly with one 16"loop each of 1/16" and 3/32" rubber. The ME 109 is 26.5g ready to fly (markings coming soon) with a single 9" loop of 1/8" rubber. A 300 turn test flight showed promise but have to wait for better weather to wring it out.

    Ara

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Ara,
   Any flight reports or updates yet?

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