Klutz Bug (oz7897)

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Klutz Bug. Radio control sport trainer for .35 - .40 power.

Quote: "Gus has done what many of us have talked about doing for several years. He has designed a real, honest to goodness multi trainer. Showing tremendous restraint amidst the constant pressures of canopied Candies, tried and true Tauruses, prefabbed plastics and Instant Insects, he has kept the lines simple, the materials to a minimum, and the stability inherent. If you are about to move up to multi, or you have a new 'glitch rig' on the way, put aside that hot new Class III world beater and 'leave the flying to Klutz.'

The Klutz-Bug! What a ridiculous name for a model airplane. But what's in a name anyway? The fact is, the airplane flies (surprise to my flying buddies) and is a very good multi/proportional trainer, per the original intention (surprise to us).

To be serious, a couple of us were gassing one day as to what would be a good, easy to build, gentle, forgiving and rugged trainer for full-house proportional. Needless to say, we couldn't think of such an airplane in the current crop of planes (apologies to whomever is offended). The problem seems to be that the experienced RC guys fly the hotter low wing Taurus (oz612) type of plane, and some die-hards (us) even the shoulder wing Stormer (oz5794) type, but these aircrafts are not what you'd call trainers, nor are they particularly easy on the old pocketbook. Be that as it may, we volunteered to design a so-called multi-trainer for a couple of our guys in an attempt to help them over the hump and on their way to the hot stuff.

Not having designed an RC model for a few years, and in fact never having designed a good one, we needed some help. So, we sort of borrowed a little (or a lot depending on your outlook) from many of the current R/C aircraft. The original design objectives included: power in the .35 range. plus wing loading and fuselage space large enough to haul any of the current pro-portional gear. Our area of the US is known as Dee Bee land, so needless to say the original Klutz Bug was outfitted with a 6-21 Quadruplex.

Our original design objectives were met and some far exceeded with the Klutz Bug, hence, our desire to pass this information on to you. Like all construction articles, building the Klutz Bug is elementary (dear Watson) and should provide no problems to the average R/C type. If it is not an insult to your intelligence, we think a few areas do require a word or two.

We have gotten into the habit of using tracing paper to make overlays of any parts which must be cut out. We then snip the tracing paper apart...."

Direct submission to Outerzone.

Update 25/07/2016: article pages, text & pics added, thanks to theshadow.

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