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. :)

Wonderful landing. Beautiful model.

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.🙂

プロペラがとてもキュートで良いですね。またのんびり飛ばせる機体は素晴らしいです。

Awesome 👍 I scaled up a Keil Kraft Ajax by. 200% and converted it to RC fly's like a dream. Ideal for chilled flying 😎👍

Ive tried making bulsa aircraft over my 70+ years never successful by my bosts never sank.

Very nice indeed! Very graceful flight and great landing!

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.

Nice!

Just wow 😳

That was a great landing!!

Nice !!

Such a delight to see old-school construction! At the end of my Dad's flying days he was getting quite depressed that most of his clubmates were going ARTF.

Outstanding! I recently came across a couple of these rubber band airplanes that I’m converting to remote control (not as easy as it may seem!), and I’m almost finished with one of them, the triplane DR-1 Red Baron airplane. Glad I got to see this one, thanks for posting!

even 2 cells are more than sufficient I think. beautiful rc conversion 😊

Beautiful! Great model constructed with obvious skill and care. I've thought about trying this. Great to know it can work so well. I wish there were some electric rig to turn a big rubber-style prop at low rpm, preferably without the electric whine. Just thinking out loud.

I always liked large rubber powered planes, my father started me out with flying them when I was 5 years old and I built my first R/C model when I was 9-10 years old. 1953.

That is special

What did you use for covering? Pat

Stick a folder on there

A Keil Kraft Competitor?

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

I once converted a Haba throwing glider into an RC. Everyone should build a model like this, fantastic! Nice video, thank you.👏👏👏

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

How is the weather in "Aussie Land" ? It is going into TRIPLE DIGITS tomorrow here outside Washington, DC. - Robert 🙂

A really great working machine

Graeme, that is the coolest plane ever!

Very nice 👍

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 ! 🙂

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?

Do you have the plans?