P-40 Kittyhawk Stunter

P-40 stunter from AeroFlyte plans, that I retrieved from Outerzone, or Hip Pocket Aeronautics. These plans are from a kit, originally produced in Australia.

It is .15 size engine: Fox, 34" wingspan.

I deviated from the plans, slightly, by constructing mine as a profile fuselage, rather than a box. It is built-up with 1/8" sides, and 3/16" sticks and sheet inside, and 1/16" plywood doublers on the forward area. It does have maple engine bearers buried in there, too. I made the stabilizer and elevator kind of large, as it seems stunt ships trend that way. I also installed the bellcrank and lead-outs in the wing ribs, rather than have them strung across the wing's top surface.

I covered the wing with SIG Koverall and dope. The paint is some acrylic stuff for crafts, that did not apply well-it's all streaky and yucky. But, I fuel-proofed it with TopFlite LusterKote. And it's a greenish-color, like a WWII military fighter would be.

I started cutting parts for this on Jan. 27th, after a couple of days twiddling my thumbs, after completing my Fancherized Twister. The weather has been too uncooperative to go out to fly. My intention is for this plane to allow me to test-fly new maneuvers, before risking one of my big planes, and get the feel for them on this one. I will start with 52' lines. That length seemed to work well for another .15 size plane I whipped-up, a while back.