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My Bill Dean 1952 Duo Monoplane before paint as built from the plan given to me by André Bird .
(André is the gentleman who flies the beautifully sedate 3 bladed rubber 30" depron Wot 4 at Impington ....)

This model comes out at 66g auw flying with the proposed 200mA single lipo and an eRC Micro Stik £6.50 pager/gearbox prop combi that flies my orange Mercurian Mite so well at Ferry.

I am still undecided as to whether I should use a Pboro 1 gram fet timer or put a voodoo controller in it....

This model has an amazing glide with all that surface area , a real floater. Construction is 3 mm depron wings , tail and fins, 1/8th balsa fusleage and a bit of carbon strip for added stiffness on the underbody.

- I suppose using a Voodoo controller will help me knock back the power for better indoor flying control and yet still give me the option of 100% power for outside use when required. ( I 've only had the Voodoo for 3 years now still in the packet so it is about time I used it!)

Those fins are just crying out for lovely Luftwaffe '46 Swastikas!

- watch this space.. Ted
July 2012

A few days later:-
Now decorated as a "Geist Jäger- - Luftwaffe '46 version". Just need to wire up a zombie controller and 200mA lipo and give it a proper test fly when the weather calms down.... This is a real floater..

Later still:-
My Luftwaffe '46 Geist Jäger (aka - Bill Dean 1952 Duo Monoplane ) has just flown magnificently over the neighbour's six foot fence on 2 seconds of Zombie timer power!

The final flying weight is 78grams using a single 200mA lipo and the eRC Micro Stik motor/gearbox combi and propellor bought as running spare parts from the link below:-

Elite Models
4499525 eRC MICRO STIK MOTOR & GEAR BOX @ £6.15 each
4499526 eRC MICRO STIK PROPELLER (per pair ) @ £ 3.05

These are the same motor/ prop parts that a fly my orange Mercurian Mite so well at Ferry.

Below are two photographs taken by Nigel Hawes from RCM&E magazine at the BMFA Nats in August 2012