It all started one day, when I was leafing through the April 2006 edition of RC ModelWorld magazine, and saw an article (and free plan) of this little beauty.
If I was only interested before, now I was realy interested. Reading the article several times, with the plan in front of me, it didn't seem too daunting. I send an email to Tim. The reply from Tim was very diplomatic. Basically he didn't think this would be a good model for me. Especially after my disastrous attempts of building the Plouf Slopeglider 3 years ago. Come to think of it, that was my first contact with Tim, and he send me the plan. See, it's all Tims fault...
In continuation of blaming Tim -so as not to be too discouraging- he advised me to have a look at some of Peter Rake's designs, especially the White Monoplane. A search on the internet did not show immediately Peter's design, but I did find this:
For those who are not familiar with Peter Rake, Peter is a prolific model airplane designer, builder, and sometimes even flyer. Most models seem to date from the early flying days up to the early 50's. His plans leave enough scope for the builder to make the model as scale as he likes. Other then that he also seems to be a thoroughly nice guy.
As I couldn't find any White Monoplane plans on the net, I send Peter an email. The plans apparently where a freebie in the December 2002 edition of Flying Scale Models Magazine. Some money was send through cyberspace, and within a week I had the magazine (with plan) in my sweaty hands.
I could see why Tim thought this model would be more appropriate. A simple box fuse, stick and tissue tail, and a straight (all ribs are the same size) wing.