Old Fogey goes Big-Fat-N-Fn-Lazy (BF-N-FL)

First of all I would like to graciously thank the entire Flite Test team for all of their dedication and contributions to this hobby!!! That being said I would like to take the time to share my efforts as well.

  This is what i like to call my BF-N-FL (Big,Fat-N-Fn.Lazy). It started as a project to alleviate my concern for safety at my local park because my other planes are simply not well suited to the environment there. What it turned into however still to this day makes me beam with pride everytime i look at or fly this plane.

  What I wanted was an airplane that that could fly really slow if I wanted it to, and actually move along nicely if throttled, all while looking good, remaining stable, and perform as many aerobatics as possible. Basically a "crowd pleaser" if you will. One that paper wouldn't peel off of after a few flights.

  Having spent alot of time building, experimenting with, repairing, and thouroughly enjoying the Flite Test Old Fogey (I've had 4) I knew that was going to be the overall template for the build. Somehow along the way I lost my paper plans from the site, but alas I still had Fogey #3's (#4 still flies BTW) abused airframe sitting in the junkyard collecting dust. So i set about dismantling all the pieces and joints so i could lay them flat and trace around them when needed. I ended up widening, and lengthening the overall fuselage, and changing the way the tail end of the fuselage came together at vert. and horiz. stabs. I also needed to redesign the way the nose was assembled due to the fact I wouldn't be utilizing the swappable power pod. I deviated from the Fogey's original tail feathers, and basically just used different variances of the main wing tips for both stabs. After flying it a few times I ended up cutting them down because i didnt take into account when I finally painted it the rear of the plane would be significantly heavier. I was already flying with battery all the way forward and it took a stack of 6 pennies glued to the front just to get CoG after painting stabs. So in the pics you'll notice they appear different as the plane evolved. Below are pictures of the outcome, pictures of my other Fogey related project, and hopefully a flight video. Needless to say this plane draws a crowd at my park and has devoloped quite the fan club with kids and adults alike. My apologies in advance for the video quality, I just handed my phone to a passerby and asked them to record for me.

Below are pics of how i ended up reducing the size and changing the shape of the stabs so i could take the pennies off of the front of the nose

And a couple of my ultra micro SS-N-F-L (Small,Slow-N-Fn,Lazy)