This is my first EE Lightning model. Free-flight . powered by an AS55 diesel. Bungee launch required to get it airborne.

I made a test model prior to the scale Lightning. Everything adjustable--tailplane size and incidence, wing dihedral, thrustline, CG. It flew much better than the accurate model, because it was lighter, and in the air the two were indistinguishable. (Free-flighters rarely do close-in low passes). It showed that no deviations from scale were required. This experience had a powerful influence on my subsequent designs.

Saracen. Allbon Dart, .5cc diesel.

Boeing 707  Cox Peewee.

Crusader   Cox peewee.

P 38  Cox Peewee.

I had to fit airbrakes under the wing to get this model to fly in a dignified manner.

GB-2 towline glider                                               Beebipe