I was talking with a Co-worker the other day about his collection of real airplanes. We got on the subject of his BD-5 and how I would like to model one the same way I built my Rearwin RC model... A bit of Balsa and Ply and Dollar Tree Foamboard. He brought in the next day plans for a all wood one spanning around 50 inches. After taking the plans to Staples and having them scanned and copied I sat down and gave them a good look over. I think I can do it, I just happen to have a complete power system just sitting around doing nothing that came out of my now retired "Cuda wanna Bee". Maybe add some retracts. We will see... but Old Man Winter needs to leave first as it is just too cold in the build shed to do anything even with the heater on. Stay tuned... Mudman1959
Well Spring passed by and other planes took the build table for awhile... Now we are slowly going into Fall here and the build table was open for a New build...
A few hours of work and the fuselage is starting to take shape...
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