Here is a look at my new foam board FPV airplane. It has a 56" wing span and a 9.5" chord. That adds up to 532 sq in of wing area. The total length is 44". The Hacker A30-10L V2 motor and I'm running it on a 3300mah 4S pack using an APC 10X5 prop. It is pulling 465 watts at 35 amps. The total airplane weight with flight pack and GoPro is 4 lbs. It should have plenty of power to pull itself around pretty well.

The building techniques are from Ed with Experimental Airlines. My design is a spin off of Ed's AXON. I decided to put the motor in a tractor configuration to help quiet the airplane down a bit. The main idea was to build an airplane that could carry my GoPro and have a descent duration with sufficient power. I was also looking to build an airplane that was fairly quiet and stable.

Equipment:
Motor - Hacker A30-10L APC 10X5 prop
ESC - Jeti / Hacker Master Spin 44 ESC
Battery - Hyperion 3300mah 4S
Servos - (3) Emax 12g ES08MA Metal Gear Sub Micro Servo
Castle Creations - 10A BEC
12 volt regulator with LC filter to power the video equipment
Tiny 5V Regulator to power the 5V camera
Camera - Fat Shark 922 NTSC 5V camera
Video TX - 300mw 1280 with home made V antenna
RC link - Thomas Scherrer LRS UHF with 8 channel receiver (custom dipole antenna)

56 inch FPV wing walk around 5 Oct 2012 (24 min 50 sec)

The maiden:

Pride Plane entry and 56 inch FPV airplane maiden 8 Oct 2012 (HD) (Pride Plane contest entry) (6 min 20 sec)

Any more video's taken in the air from this wonderful design?

I'l make one similair out of pink foam (with hotwired wings, a bit larger wingspan though - about 2.5m).

Bruce,
I know you busy, but make more of this plane when you get the chance!!!!!