Staudacher S300

Dave's Aircraft Works Staudacher S300 GS Foamie Electric Specifications: 30 inch wingspan / 22 inch length / 150sq. inch wingarea / 18 ounce weight / 18ounce wingloading / with a NACA 2412 / 1410 airfoil.Dave's Aircraft Works

Controls: ailerons, rudder, elevator and motor speed.

Equipment: Two Cirrus CS-10BB servos on ailerons, 1 Cirrus CS-10BB on the elevator and 1 Cirrus CS-10BB on rudder. Cirrus MRX-4 receiver, 6v speed 400 motor, Wattage gearbox with a 9x6 APC SlowFly propeller. Eight 600ma nicads or Eight 800ma NMHI cells, Jeti JES10 ESC w/BEC.

Construction materials: EPP foam fuselage and wing with 1/16 balsa tail feathers covered with Monocote.

Comments: This is Dave's Aircraft Works Staudacher S300 GS Foamie Electric and is a fun little plane. It comes with a very comlete instructions and is easy to build. I made some changes to my S300. I put a gearbox and a large prop. I figured if it didn't work I could always put the direct drive prop back on. My first 3 flights were with the Graupner Mini-Olympus 2.3:1 gearbox and I was pleased with the performance. But on the third flight I got carried away and munched the S300. I bent the shaft on the gearbox so I replaced it with the Wattage gearbox. It comes with 3 pinions and I tried the smallest pinion first. Unfortunately there was not enough power and I had a fast taxi. I've changed the pinion but have not tried it again.