Saturday, May 5, 2018

Simprop Zaunkönig

The Simprop "Zaunkönig" ("wren", small bird) is a small biplane design from way back (30 years?). At the time it must have been the smallest commercially available RC kit. It was powered by a small cox engine, and with the RC gear of the time the weight resulted in a model that's fast and challenging to fly.

First flight on 05/05/2018.
Wingspan  410mm
Weight 290g
Motor 1000 RPM/Volt
Prop APC 7x4 SF
Battery 3S, 800mAh LiPo

Found a kit on ebay, and created my own CNC-cut duplicate from that.


Some of the parts:

Assembly (and sanding) required: