Honker Bipe with "easy" ailerons

[KevinC]

Not having sufficient confidence in my skill to do integral ailerons like Ed Larsen did, I opted for the easier route - full length trailing edge ailerons. I put fixed trailing edges on the upper wing to match. Per Ed's experience, I added some area to the horizontal stab and kind of wish I hadn't. Like my earlier experiment with the Littlest Stik Bipe project, I find it to be VERY pitch sensitive. Not as much as the Frankenstik but still overly so. Hopefully a bit more expo and/or travel limits will solve that. As with the FrankenStik, I went with a black and gold New Orleans Saints color scheme. Testors rattle can paint and MinWax WBPU top coat. EMax 1407 motor, 12A ESC, APC 6x3.1SF prop and 2s/500mah power.

[KevinC]

As hoped, upping elevator expo from 25% to 35% made a world of difference and its a lot more comfortable to fly. Aileron response is somewhat lackluster but increased throw should resolve. Looking like this will be another good one for my squadron. Now, if I can take what I learned from this one and successfully apply to the FrankenStik, I'll have two well-flying WillyNillies.com biplanes.