Turning an Ultra Light Rubber Powered model into RC

Thanks Thomas and Paul for taking the incredible pics and making this video. This really is such a joy to fly. :)

Great fun. I'm in the UK [north of England] and have become addicted to this kind of 'interrupted free-flight' model. They're easy to design, and a good way to get around the (outrageous) new drone laws, with their unrealistic weight limits and threats of arrest, fines, jail sentences, torture and execution for failure to comply. Although the light weight - well under 250g - restricts the number of days available for flying (the weather's usually atrocious here), there's something very satisfying about building light, building cheap, and then just floating about with the twittering larks for company, looking for lift. I don't often fit motors to my models these days, and prefer the simplicity of catapult-launched gliders. Old free-flight enthusiasts will appreciate the two biggest advantages of this kind of plane: you'll never lose one in a thermal because the dethermaliser failed to trigger; and you don't have to chase them half-a-mile downwind after every flight - you can land them at your feet. Thanks for the video - very enjoyable.🙂

The tiny prop caught my eye, but whatever performance calculations you made were correct. And the covering: as a boy I built a Guillow's Stearman that never flew because the framework was too beautiful to cover up; your choice of clear was as clever as your choice of propeller.

Just wow 😳

That is special

That was a great landing!!

Just beautiful! I have wanted to do this for too long.

It looks similar to a Simmers Dynamoe. This is not a Dynamoe but in the same league, size and general appearance.

A really great working machine

Very nice 👍

A Keil Kraft Competitor?

Stick a folder on there

Absolutely brilliant. I must say I am very impressed with this model and I must have a go. I don't know if you said but what is the model. Nice one.

Great video! I want to do similar- is it a KeilKraft or Veron model?

What does "75 mil" meen ???? Diameter, I guess, what what dimensions ? Do you know the force it produces ? What receiver did you use ? There are so many georgious rubber powered models I would like to see this way ! Thank you for showing ! 🙂

What did you use for covering? Pat

Do you have the plans?